I'm experiencing this bug too. While annoying, it's a relatively minor issue in a game filled with so much detail and things to do. Suggesting that people pirate games because of trifling issues like this is pretty dumb, when we know it's because they're cheap and/or enjoy the thrill of sticking it to "the man". I get that your "OCD" is causing you to be unnecessarily harsh about this one minor glitch, but try to see the bigger picture and not let it ruin your day or your game experience.
This orlesian lore requisition on the plains is the only bug I haven't been able to overcome and clear from my quest list. I wonder, it starts requiring 3 things:
- gather Orlesian lore
- 5 tomes
- 3 writings
Gathering the tomes and writings seems to also satisfy the first check box for Orlesian lore but I wonder if that's it's own requirement?