There's two directions available, north and east (and the tavern). East leads to a hanged dwarf and a fox. Can't get any further, can't seem to interact with the locked door, can't get any of the other items (rope, dwarf, fox) to do anything. North leads eventually to a pass guarded by a farmer who won't let me past unless given a ring. Dogged pixel-hunting of all the areas I can get to has not revealed a ring. I have a bar, a coin and a cake of soap. The hint just says to get the spellbook. There's a couple of dots at the "bridge of silence" scene that look as if they might be something, but if so I can't click on them because the "to the village" arrow kicks in before you get there.