Search the Community

I know the subject of "The Man Who Cried Wolf" not starting has been beat to death, but most of the time it is just him standing there not starting his talk about the strange noises... I also know the subject of Varnius not being in the Blue Palace has also been discussed because I have read the few comments (less than 10)... So now, I ask the question....since this bug/glitch or whatever you want to call it has been around for many years (first mention of subjects was back in 2011/2012 as far as I can tell thru internet searches and searches on Nexus) has anyone found an absolute fix for this quest?... I am at my wits end trying to figure this out...my issue is no Varnius in the Blue Palace...I have tried moving him to me after getting his numbers thru the console and using moveto player...yup he shows up and immediately turns around and heads back home... Could this be because something somewhere along the line interferes with his movements? I bet I have read over 200 pages of conversation/comments about this bug/glitch but nothing but a few answers that all involve using console commands to either start or advance the quest. However, if there is no Varnius, what good will it do to use setstage ms06start 5 when he is not there...I have tried setting stage 15 and the quest "widow too soon" starts but when I talk to Falk, he is clueless... I am going to try and use setstage ms06start 250 to see if I can simply skip this quest by telling the game it is complete and hope this does not interfere with any other quest that depend on this... by the way, this is my first time visiting solitude this play through and I have a reason to be there because of the Dragonborn quest line....on my way to see Malborn…but went straight to the palace and bypassed talking to anyone until I got there... I anyone has a definitive answer to this issue, please let me know... pops