Interrogate captive at Merhojed...

[James]

There is no-one to interrogate? Where/how do I trigger this?
Love the story but this is where it came to a halt. Have been looking thru Merhojed thru a looking glass, nothing. Do not know how to proceed. Any tips?

[wjpower2003]

As you know about this task I assume it has been triggered and is currently an open objective in your quest menu.

There is a shed with a guard on the door across the court yard from the house of the guy who has taken charge of running the town (can't remember his name but it's the one who isn't Old Straw). There are a few ways you try to speak to the captive but I'm not going to say them as that would defeat the object of the game for you.

[STS]

At Melichars house there is a barn/shed with a guard infront of it. Try there, I don't want to spoil any more. If you need more information, let us know.

[James]

Thank you so much for swift help. Will try immediately. However, I think I would have seen that...
[EDIT]: The only guard present is one walking about... not guarding anything. Adressing him don't do anything. It seems I am completely stuck. :)
I have no mods installed whatsoever, do I need to start over?

[STS]

The "guard" we're talking about is not dressed the same as the normal town guards. He is standing next to a barn that has a double door(?), he has brown clothes on I think. But what is your progress in that quest, did you talk to any of the townspeople already, or have you only been running around searching for a prisoner and his guard? A bit of info would help, I atleast have not heard of a bug that lets the guard or prisoner not appear in that quest.

[James]

I've tried to "sweep up" all of the possible branches in Merhojed but there might still be triggers lurking before I can actually do the interrogation. I have spoken to all of the towns people, I think.I have never encontered a bug in KC so I do not believe it is the case now. Just me needing to trigger something before I can get moving. Thanks all for the enthusiasm!

[Azorean92]

I've the same problem but in my case the is dead and buried and the place that he should be is full of logs and i don't know what I'm going to do... any help for me?

[James]

Seems I am actually making progress now. I found and talked to the "Watchman" in green clothing and a beautiful hat :).
He told me he would not let me in until Melichar had approved of it. So now my trouble is to find Melichar I guess. Might be on the right track... :) Question is, where is Melichar? His house? Will have a look around again and again...
Found him but I can not "talk" to him, only "pickpocket him". Hmm.

[STS]

Originally posted by James:

Seems I am actually making progress now. I found and talked to the "Watchman" in green clothing and a beautiful hat :).
He told me he would not let me in until Melichar had approved of it. So now my trouble is to find Melichar I guess. Might be on the right track... :) Question is, where is Melichar? His house? Will have a look around again and again...

Melichar walks around the town, sometimes hard to find, good luck.

[James]

Thanks, yes I found him. But can not "talk" to him, only "pickpocket" him. Hmm.

[STS]

@James
Have you talked to Matthias yet? It should be an objective, too. He can be found lying in the big barn at the stables. Maybe you need to talk to him first? I'm confused as to why you can't talk to Melichar after the guard told you to do so.

[James]

Yes, I talked to Mattias as well. And I seem to be stuck in a loop :).
Have to mention that I did many side-quests before I returned here to the main. That's why I am so confused. I'll try to resolve it one way or the other. Going to prison did not help (pickpocketing Malichar and giving up).

[wjpower2003]

Originally posted by James:

Yes, I talked to Mattias as well. And I seem to be stuck in a loop :).
Have to mention that I did many side-quests before I returned here to the main. That's why I am so confused. I'll try to resolve it one way or the other. Going to prison did not help (pickpocketing Malichar and giving up).

Maybe pickpocketing an NPC important to the quest may have broken it.

[MF]

Originally posted by James:

Seems I am actually making progress now. I found and talked to the "Watchman" in green clothing and a beautiful hat :).
He told me he would not let me in until Melichar had approved of it. So now my trouble is to find Melichar I guess. Might be on the right track... :) Question is, where is Melichar? His house? Will have a look around again and again...
Found him but I can not "talk" to him, only "pickpocket him". Hmm.

Melichar walks around the town quite a bit. If your immediate task is to talk to him he'll show up on your quest map.

Also, if I recall correctly, you have to check in ALL the houses and talk to the people inside.

[James]

I did try to talk to "all" people in the village. There must be one last trigger left that keep me from talking to Melichar. :)

[nidlo]

A bit late, maybe, but it might help others.

I had the same problem, but when I finished the side quests at the monastery which is related to this main quest, it seems like I am allowed to interrogate the captive.