I think maybe it's a disorder with the brain. It needs to be babied instead of problem solving and going through all the available options.
If you press ESC or right click the mouse, in the menu options are a list of quests. One of the quests was to ask the princess about her curse? Then you get the research room key. From that key you have a bunch of options or things to research outside of the talents in the menu. Would you look at that it's right there. It lists it in crafting menu. Then you go to the workshop and build it. Everybody else got the key to the tower from the chickens and thought hmm what's in the cellar. I have no torches, I am gonna go there next after being told where to sleep and getting the torches from the chest. You should've cleared the dungeon immediately after returning from your companions in the blizzard correct? How hard is it.
The quests are locked on what you cannot do. The research is locked on what you cannot do. You are constrained by a lack of desire points.
The only error is how do you more. You cannot in the current version.
One of the quests isn't locked, her inspection. You cannot do.
