Main Quest Issues - Jauffre, Broken quest - nothing in the journal Options

[Rainy]

Spent some time right at the beginning of the game going on side quests. Now I'm just getting back to bringing the amulet to Jauffre to begin the main quest. Only problem is he won't talk about the quest at all. I noticed at the very beginning when the tutorial first told me to go to Weynon priory and that a red arrow would point me in the right direction on my compass - the arrow never appeared at that time and the quest did not appear in my journal. I have completed side quests which do show me the arrow and appear in my journal, so the game appears to be working correctly. Hate to start over ... wondering if there is a way to fix it or if I am missing something.

[Rainy]

Yes I do. I read something about Baurus asking for Renault's sword back at the time he gives you the quest. This never occurred. I went back with the sword and nothing happened. Any ideas?