#65 NPCs, and your character, assume you know stf that you don't

[Winter Knight]

There are at least two instances of this problem:

Everyone in Maldea thinks I'm asking them about the Opal Armour. Why would I be asking them about the Opal Armour. I've never heard of it until they mentioned it.

If you bring a partner to the colliseum, you can't get back the partner you lost when you warped to Maldea. This partner would have told you where the Opal Band and Armor are. When you go back to the wise man in Maldea, your character tells him that your friend told you where the Opal Band and Armor are, even though he/she didn't.

The solution to the first one is to have some wise person tell you where the armor is, and require that as part of the opal armor quest(s).

There are many possible solutions to the second. You could rearrange things so that you can't acquire an ally between Maldea and the colliseum. It would be easier to not require that you don't have a character in order for a friend to show up at the colliseum.