1 more to add is that if you leave the temple before the abbot is done talking to explore. The quest locks up and you are not able to speak to him later to initiate quest. Some others have had this same issue.

No monk blocking the door for me. I made the mistake of walking out when he went to talk to me because I wanted to explore first. Came back to initiate quest... he is unresponsive.

Yeah lol I'm starting to realize that. I tried the saving trick, it was my first thought. Sadly it did not help anything.

****Spoilers*****  Here's my problem and, I've noticed a few others have ran into the same issue. Once you get into oakville you go up to the temple of avo to talk to the head priest inside to start the Ritual quest (once you have the renown). I had started to walk in and when he began to talk I did a U-turn and walked out because I wanted ...

Basically the dog levels up in diffrent areas just like you. Treasure finding is one of these areas. Lvl 1-3 you can do through time but 4-5 you have to find the dog teaching books for the approriate level. Across the world of Albion there are treasures at pre-determned locations obviously like the silver keys. However alot of the dig spots, chests

If you pre-ordered the limited edition you will get the halo suit and sword. But I just got the Fable 2 guide yesterday and looked up how it is compared to the other melee weapons in the game. Sure enough the energy sword is the third least powerfull.