I dunno if anyone else came across this, but when you win at Mourningwood you have the freedom to go wherever. My first character I did, I went elsewhere for a while and finally went back to get into Bowerstone. I had to fight through massive hordes of hollowmen (and thus influenced bad morphs). This time I stuck with Walter, and because of his presence there wasn't a single enemy that spawned.
A convenient change of pace, to be sure!
A convenient change of pace, to be sure!