So, I recently got and started playing this game. I'm in the palisades area right in the beginning, and I get sent to Olap to help him fix the wall (you know, the positively critical plot-progression quest). Well, Olap isn't on the map. I don't know if his sprite didn't get drawn, or it's some other bug in the program, or what... But he isn't where he's supposed to be, and I can't initiate a talk with him. I've tried re-loading and re-entering the map, but to no avail.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

You can try to save your game and attack some peasants. When the town gets hostile he might get hostile too and when he attacks you can see where he is hidden and find him after reloading.

But I'd just restart, you're still in the prologue.

It happens to me as well, my toons refuse to talk to a npc. Again quickloading, switching leader, leaving the area, reloading and in particular: restarting the game.