Dammon and Karlachs companion quest.

[Kaelmato]

So Dammon is dead. He died in the last light inn massacre. I only found out he was in there and one of the deceased much, much later.

My quest log still tells me to bring him the iron, but he's dead. Is Karlachs quest forever stuck now? Is there no replacement for Dammon?
If this is the case, this seems like a massive oversight. They could've AT LEAST updated the journal entry with something like 'Dammon is dead, now Karlach will never get the tune up she needs' or something. At least that way I would've noticed he was dead in the first place.

[Nyxil]

As far as I know, you're boned on finishing Karlach's companion quest with Dammon being dead, unless there's some super secret hidden infernal blacksmith somewhere else in the game.

[Muldjord]

Yeah, I'm a bit miffed about this as well to the point of considering shelving the game for a while until I can convince my OCD brain that it's ok not to have those options and still carry on. I have been looking all over for that infernal metal. Not a great feeling when that option was suddenly snatched from me...

When you encounter Dammon and fix the infernal engine the first time around back in the grove Dammon tells you to catch up with him in Baldur's Gate if you find any more infernal metal. So I naturally expected that to be the case.

I had no idea he was even present at the Last Light Inn as I went straight to the Inn itself and then all hell broke loose. Now I'm about 20-25 hours later in the game and suddenly Karlach tells me the spark is gone and she basically dumps my character... I was one big question mark! I thought it was a bug, desperately starting to reload previous savegames to see where things went wrong.

Now, it might not seem like a big thing. It's just a romance option after all. But honestly I was looking forward to seeing that thing play out with getting the machine fixed or whatever was gonna happen. And I do feel robbed of that.

The game should have done a better job at keeping those options open and not hide it away under a roof in a mundane-looking building next to the inn that isn't even on the path to the inn from where you enter the area.