i seem to remember seeing something about a huge key being dropped after id killed the ten cyclops, but now i dont have it.
i assume this key is the one needed to get to high garendall (via that big door in the mountains at the north?), and if it is, then i assume i have totally messed up my game somehow by losing the key.
is it possible that i didnt manage to pick the key up after killing the cyclops, or that i inadvertantly sold it to someone?
i really dont wanna start the whole game over because of this, so any help would be appreciated.

That key is used to open all of the chests of treasure around the cyclops lair. You cant go in and sneak past the cyclops to raid their treasure chests, until you get the key from the tenth dead cyclops. Since its only useful to open the chests, it never becomes an inventory item, it just sets a conditional flag to allow you acces to those chests.

ah, okay, well thats good i spose.
so how do i get to high garendall then?

capnhack: you'd need to complete the evil ring quest for Emilius, who then lets you get the key to HG.

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Once you have the key, take the bridge west of Gwyden camp and then go due north. You'll eventually find a crypt. Go in, and head northeast (west has many Nasty Things in it). The door to HG is in there.

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