There are a few achievements I haven't managed to get. Does anyone know how to become Vaanret's apprentice? I've tried being as intelligent as possible, while staying thrall-aligned, and that didn't work. I tried being intelligent and charming and that

Is there anyway to have multiple saves or have checkpoints so i can make a change midgame that i wanted diferent from my main save, without having to reset the whole story?

So major spoilers for at least one of the endings (I think) but is there a way to not die when you fight the dude riding the Wyrm after your exile? Because I was reading some reviews people made and it seemed like that was the only ending really...

With which game engine has this game been made or with which program?

Soo... yeah... I'm by the end of the game, and I'd really like hints about how to deal with the deserter. From what I can gather, he'd rather not fight, but I can't seem to get him to back down at the moment. And I'd rather not play AGAIN only to get kill...