Unfortunately, I've hit a snag. I know that I have to fight one of the wraiths to get one of the Dark One rituals, but I'm not sure which. So, I decided to start with the wraith closest to town (just southeast of the cemetery). I cast Aura and Reversal on myself, then walked into the wraith screen, ready for a fight.
The wraith, however, did not materialise as usual. I thought, "This is odd..." and clicked on the wraith's stone mound, which put me into the fight screen. I fought and defeated the wraith, the screen came back to Mordavia - and then the game wouldn't proceed.
I looked at the game menu (i.e. where you can save, load, change difficulty etc.), and the speed and difficulty were locked - as they usually are when an animation is in progress - but I could not see any animation. It seemed that my game was, basically, frozen. Fortunately, I saved my game right before the battle, so I can walk away from it if need be. Did this happen to anyone else? Any ideas what's going on?
I just did, and my thief encounters the wraith as per normal. Cheers!