A main quest in Act 3 is completely buggered, and I'm looking for help on how to work around it.
So this is after Arrival at Valorn. First hint something was up was that Main Quest II did not show in my quest log, but other quests went unmarked so I thought it wasn't a big deal. Met the council, and then I was asked to take the big bad down. In the walkthrough, it says I need to recruit three clans, Hiung, Jun, and the Warriors- but I can't seem the find or talk to them. The warriors are not in the Inn, no idea where the Hiung rep is to be found, and Brejok only responds with a "hello" when I talk to him. The instant I talk to the guide- my character suggests no one will join them in their cause and they have to go alone, despite not being able to recruit anyone? I have tried loading different saves, some right before the council meet and others before I even got invited to the island. Nothing seems to change it. Hell, I even reinstalled if that would help. It did not. 
Can someone explain? Do I need to enable certain variables via save edit to get the clan support?
Edit: 
It's the same issue as this guy:
	
		
	
	
		
		
			So I've encountered another problem. When I get to Main Quest II in Cinkahn and I reach the point where I'm supposed to recruit help, my only option is to just talk to Astafa and start the assault. I can't find anyone from Hiung to talk to, the warriors aren't at the inn, and Brejok just tells me he's glad to see me. Why am I encountering so many bugs no one else seems to be having problems with?