I also found 'the note' and certain locks of hair. VERY good reasons to wander off if you put them together

Just tried clicking the rope on the scimitars again, and no dice. Ditto for directly under them on the floor.

Wait . . . no one ever said who that guy in the waterfall was, right? Or am I oblivious to some irony . . .

Anyway, it's gotta be Aladdin.

I'm playing through as the thief, and after a few abysmal attempts at the apartment near the W.I.T. portal (I only found the drawer, a bag of money I couldn't take due to encumbrance, and the faux jewels), I looked up what I should be able to snag in there. Aside from fixing encumbrance and finding ...