I don´t remember exactly when it happened or what I was doing, but somewhere in one of the Empire towns (Northtown/Southtown), my sprite character disappeared, status bar gone, etc. Needless to say, I´m having a hell of a time progressing due to not having much in the way of offensive magic. Is this supposed to happen and I get Sprite back later or what? I´ve read a bunch of walkthroughs and they don´t seem to indicate that this is supposed to happen. I haven´t been able to find any reports of glitches or anything so I´ve found no help on the issue at all. Has anyone experienced this? Does anyone know how to get back a lost character or do I have to start a new game? Any help would be greatly appreciated.