Retrieved the sword from the Golem, did a bunch of other stuff, when I came to mandal's corpse, I can't find the sword. Looked everywere, even checked Nathaniel's hoard in case I accidentally sold it - zilch. And no I don't have a backup game to go back to. Any suggestions please?

Only suggestions I have are to (a) reload from an earlier save or (b) try using the "cheat" codes to recreate the sword and hope that the actual quest string isn't broken. [img]smile.gif[/img]

You should be able to find the exact procedure for utilizing the cheat codes by doing a search of this forum. You will also need the item code for Mandel's sword. [img]smile.gif[/img]