I got to the elf village but kinda ignored the quest there since I was still hunting for the other character's questlines before continuing that one. Now I forgot about the duel thing and it went by without me having done anything in the village. Now whenever I go back, I can only ask the NPCs there for info and nothing else. Did I softlock myself? The journal also doesn't show anything anymore and I already went to the village at every time slot too. Anyone got an answer?
You soft-locked yourself. You need to go back and focus on Zenelith (the elf priestess) for the best ending. This shouldn't affect the progress you were making with the other character, unless it's Lori, because her storyline is kind of bugged, and if you miss any point of her story, you won’t be able to continue it.