SPOILER: Art Cullagh issue and no it's not the lute.

[The Lycan's Lair~]

SO-
My partner and I are doing a playthrough. We have reached this point at the Last Light Inn, the fight happened, you know.
Well-
Art was killed. And his body is reading as too damaged to use "speak to the dead" on. No other character is registering that he's dead. Halsin is just sitting there staring at a charred corpse. I know if we don't complete this quest, Halsin will leave/not be a recruitable party member, which is what I've been waiting for tbh.

What....do we do now? ^_^"

[freshskittles]

trying to do this now. never talked to halsin really >.> looked up what else i needed to do and art is dead. cast the spell and never got a quest update or anything. halsin is missing from my game now also. idk

[SlickDrickle]

reload a save from before the fight....

[Actalo]

It makes sense there are quest consequences for characters dying, especially important ones. Art is the key to Halsin finding the boy, the boy is key to lifting the curse.

[The Lycan's Lair~]

Originally posted by SlickDrickle:

reload a save from before the fight....

We know this is an option, but we were hoping it wasn't the *only* option lol. Once we realized this was an issue, it was three hours later as we had gone to follow other quests.

[The Lycan's Lair~]

Originally posted by Actalo:

It makes sense there are quest consequences for characters dying, especially important ones. Art is the key to Halsin finding the boy, the boy is key to lifting the curse.

I suppose. It's just frustrating. To put an entire quest to a grinding, irreparable halt through no fault of our own is just....well, as I said, frustrating XD
Because like, in games like D&D, there is more than one way to milk a cow. I guess I just hoped there was more than one way to complete this quest, you know?

[The Lycan's Lair~]

Originally posted by freshskittles:

trying to do this now. never talked to halsin really >.> looked up what else i needed to do and art is dead. cast the spell and never got a quest update or anything. halsin is missing from my game now also. idk

Yikes, that sucks so much...I'm sorry! I heard if this quest is done "incorrectly", Halsin will leave. So far, Halsin is proving the most fickle potential party member. Which is weird because I wouldn't have clocked him as being the one to be like that XD

[Anonysaurus]

My Cullagh was just murdered without any fight?

[Mr.Hmm]

I am gonna put this under spoilers because ITS A HUGE SPOILER.

Hmm my steps to this was, Go to last light -> explore it then talk to Jaheira -> talk to the soldier near Art Cullagh -> talk to Isobel -> get attacked and fight -> win the fight -> Do other quests and go do a long rest -> randomly talked to the druid in the camp and he said he wanted to see art cullagh since he talked about his Spirit friend(forget his name) -> he left the camp and went to Last light and sat to the bed next to Art -> I talked to Art while he was near and got clues to save him -> fought the Surgeon and got the lute from his body -> went back to Art with the Lute and Halsin near and he said he knows what to do and to meet him near the lake -> Went near the lake and talked to him and a fight began where i had to defend the portal for 4 turns (Thank ♥♥♥♥ i had the AoE Sigil on Shadowheart else it would have been a pain in the ass ) -> Halsin come back from the portal with his friend and then we begin to find his other half which was that boy in the flower house that i played hide and seek with and won it (entering turn based mode and able to see invis was too OP) -> then i tried to convince the child to go back to his other half but he refused and teleported away but left a portal -> I went in the portal and a fight happened and i won the fight -> convinced the child to go back to his other half and then went back to Art in Last Light and he was awake and alive.

[Luinkgirl]

Originally posted by Anonysaurus:

My Cullagh was just murdered without any fight?

Mine too. I submitted a feedback ticket. I had completed the main objective there, it it was pushing me to what I think is act 3. I didn't know I could do something explicitly until I was going to leave the shadow place. At that point, Halsin just says he can't join me because he last to try and lift the curse, and cullagh is just dead. Never even saw him alive once

[Smokefire12]

Hey all, had the same problem but found an easy fix, even after beating Moonrise Towers:

Art was dead, but I cast Speak with Dead on him. He's got one answer pertaining to Thaniel. That's enough to do a dialogue with Halsin and move the quest along!

[Namloc]

Originally posted by Heywood_Jablome:

Hey all, had the same problem but found an easy fix, even after beating Moonrise Towers:

Art was dead, but I cast Speak with Dead on him. He's got one answer pertaining to Thaniel. That's enough to do a dialogue with Halsin and move the quest along!

Thanks dude that was a big help

[Saevi Wren]

You can use Speak to the Dead IV, Shadowheart should have it

[The Lycan's Lair~]

Originally posted by Saevi Wren:

You can use Speak to the Dead IV, Shadowheart should have it

Unfortunately, you can only use this if the corpse isn't too damaged. If it's too damaged, the spell won't cast.

[The Lycan's Lair~]

Originally posted by Heywood_Jablome:

Hey all, had the same problem but found an easy fix, even after beating Moonrise Towers:

Art was dead, but I cast Speak with Dead on him. He's got one answer pertaining to Thaniel. That's enough to do a dialogue with Halsin and move the quest along!

This would have worked, but if the body is too damaged, the spell will not work. He was hit with a fire ball that charred his body, making him unable to be picked up by the spell.

[Dinvan]

There is a mod on the nexus, revive anyone (even npcs). Could be a solution to the problem.

Install it, rez npc, uninstall it. Bit of a pain but could work.
An earlier save is the only other option I can think of.