[Neomi]

Back to the original question. This has been bugging me too. Of course there's the bridge path that lets you bypass the door, and apparently the game designers wanted to force you through that area, but... has anyone actually found a third gem that lets you take down the shadow door after the bridge, so that you can walk back and forth from the entrance to the "creature" at the end without having to take the detour?

Oh, and about the Beljuril gems. Don't necessarily just sell them... They are pretty rare and you can use them to upgrade an item or two. You wouldn't want to have to pay a premium to get them back from that slimy Ribald or some other money grubbing merchant.