Stendarr Vigilants know

[[FG] Denisowator]

So the last time I came across a Vigilant of Stendarr I wasn't a werewolf, and these guys apparently hunt the Undead, Vampires, Deadra, and Werewolves.

I recently came across another one, and now I am a werewolf. And he said "Stendarr's mercy be upon you, for the Vigil have none to spare.", when I closed the dialogue he said "The Vigil watches you" or something like that.

It's like he knows I'm a werewolf, yet he doesn't want to kill me. I'm so confused. This is a bigger conspiracy theory than the Thalmor.

[drwatson1873]

The Vigilants give largely the same dialoque to every PC, no matter who or what they are. My decideely mortal human Imperial adventurer gets the same lines during encounters with them...even when he has a vampire follower. They attack random vampires, or rather there are random encounters where they are attacking one, but never attack those allied to the player. The conspiracy is all in Bethesda's programming....

[Valden21]

I feel that members of any given faction have a hive mind-like method of gathering information. If one of them knows something, all of them know. If you haven't tranformed in front of any Vigils, they won't come after you. They know that you're a werewolf, but they have no reason to come after you unless you give them one.

[RyanBurnsRed]

I don't think I've ever been attacked by them as a werewolf, but doing a certain amount of daedra quests certainly will make them attack you.

[DrNewcenstein]

Supposedly, the Divines rat you out to their more fanatical followers if you're being naughty.

There was a similar mechanic in Oblivion where "unseen forces saw what you did last summer" and Imperial Legions pop up out of nowhere to arrest you for something you did in the bottom level of a dungeon where the only two people were you and the dead guy.

[Alliecienti]

I always thought it was amazing that guards automatically knew I have theiving skills, alchemy skills or that I had been to the mage college or whatever when there is actually no way they should have found this information out. I think the hive mind is alive and well within Skyrim and just like the daedric princes ... IT'S WATCHING ALL OF US WITH GREAT INTEREST!

[Mirri]

I always got the idea that they were suspicious of my werewolf self walking along but didn't actually *know* for sure. They were just side-eying me. I've never had them gripe about my deadric artifacts, but maybe that's because they usually aren't equipped.

Now the Thalmor on the other hand...they've sent piles of bounty hunters after me but never seem to do a thing when I walk up to one of their prisoner trains, which I promptly slaughter after I've angered the guards by being lippy. I guess they don't want to publicly attack the dragonborn with no provokation.

I do like the little dialogue bits from bystanders now and then, as they tend to clue me in to things I might not be aware of, like diseases picked up, or crimes I have accidentally committed.