Bad quest designs

[port9001]

I think what makes it cool is that it hints that there's knowledge that even the quest giver doesn't know. Since they are outcasts, maybe they've taken refuge with the pixies? But the elfbro doesn't know that, he just knows some brownies made off with his arrows. I kind of like that. I wonder if some of these decisions were intentional or if we're just rationalizing the results.