ok apparently i was running an outdated version of the game?
i updated it and restarted from the beginning again.
found a statues i previewsly didn't and this time around it seemed to work properly.
might be an issue with the travel thingy from the hearth and having the same statue show up 2 times might have messed with the other statue showing up but that just be my guess based on what i've seen (which isn't very much).