This is my first game since Beta 2, and if I'm just being ignorant please somebody let me know.

So, the original (i.e. what I experienced in Beta 2) Quest of Mastery involved the dragon statues, getting the gems, fighting a mercenary army under a guy called Arneson, and then beating multiple dragons and their leader, then - ta da - you've won the game.

It appears that most of that quest is still in the Beta 5 game I'm playing -  I already got the one dragon gem. However, when I go to get the second one, I pay the old woman 20 crystal, she says she'll tell me where Arneson can be found, and then doesn't. No further info, nothing on the map. Quest dead (apparently).

However, this same map has the "pit of doom" adventure region, the one with the long history about Curgon and Samarra. I've made it through the first gate, and when I got to the second one, lo and behold behind it there's a big red nasty dragon and the game says my quest has become "kill waerloga the dragonlord". I.e. the same goal as the other quest of mastery. I can't get through the second gate because the location I need to get to is trapped behind the cities of my allies. And, despite the fact that I'm by now some all-powerful godling summoner, I apparently can't (a) just walk through an ally's city, (b ) climb over the mountains, (c) swim or boat around the coast, or (d) I dunno, friggin teleport or something?

So, I guess my questions are:

- Is the problem with the first version of the Quest of Mastery a bug? Maybe it's conflicting with the second version when the two are on the same map?

- Any suggestions as to how I can get to the "trapped" quest location so I can try completing the second version (ie. "pit of doom") of the Mastery Quest? (It is blocked by coast on top, mountains on the bottom, and an allied city on each side - right now I'm hoping to level up my beginning earth mage to the point where he can lower land on the mountains if that spell is even still available) (oh, and, before someone suggests it, I can't be bothered to declare war: it wouldn't be fun - my hero stack is so superior to anything on the map that it would just be a boring slog)

Thanks!