Playing after the main quest?

[TheBigKahuna]

I wanted to continue playing after the main quest, and thought I would be able to do so with only a handful fewer NPCs running around. It seemed this way at first, but things have changed. After an hour or two, there are no NPCs left, except for soldiers, and quest givers with (!) over their heads. Everyone else is gone. All vendors, shopkeepers, etc are now gone. They weren't immediately gone, but after an hour or two, all disappeared.

Is this normal? I'm fully aware that I did not have enough money to be "good" AND save all of the people. But before I play through and try again, saving at least $6,000,000 in gold this time, I want to make sure that I can continue playing after the main quest.

 

[Necromancer]

Just sleep a lot. That will make people reappear.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Thanks, been playing for several hours and people are slowly coming back. Bowerstone Industrial and Aurora, etc are like nothing ever happened, but the Marketplace is still completely dead.

Not sure which decision it was, but the people of the Industrial part of town hate my guts.....and they are the only area that acts that way. I guess adding an orphanage, etc was a bad idea?

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Another quick question: I've tried but don't see any option...so I guess I can't move my family to the castle after making it my home?

 

[Necromancer]

Go to your family's house on your map. I think you have to press LT to move them. Do that and move them to the castle, and press LT again.