I've gone to help Aldanon, but several of the doors are locked and unbashable. Do I need to use Neeshka? Did I miss something? Help!!

As I remember, certain doors can't be opened, but you can get to the rooms they guard by taking other paths. I'm not sure why the devs set up his house this way, but I was able to get into all the rooms.

That's correct. Mainly you can open those doors from the other side, so they basically wanted you to follow a specific path going forward.

Same kind of thing in other areas I've noticed. Usually, it's a shortcut path that makes things easier to get to once you've already gone the long way.

Grrr...thanks!