Welcome to the board, macoati!!!
I see you've already been given excellent answers/help!
Unlike some other games I have played, it is really next to impossible to ruin your W&W game. Sometime it is a matter of finding the right item or hint to get your game going. Sometimes players have actually lost a vital item BUT we can take care of that too!
I'm going to be gone most of the day doing a raffle for my Border Collie Rescue group, but I'll check the board again this evening.
I hope you have met Gez by now. He'll give you a quest to complete within Skull Castle before you will get his staff. While on the quest keep in mind not to make the puzzles more complicated than they are.
Keep us posted on how you are doing!
Wyv