Deceiving the herd bug

[Karax]

Picking up skyrim again, I received the quest "deceiving the Herd" from Feran Sadri, asking me to kill a target in Markarth City.

The problem is, I never visited Markarth before, and because of this, I will always get the Weylin scripted event whenever I first enter the city, apparently the quest glitches out, because, even if I kill Weylin and plant the incriminating letter on him (even after the quest log says quest completed and to return to Feran Sadri), as soon as I transition to a new zone, the quest log automatically fails the quest..

Is there any way around this problem?

[Liv]

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Deceiving_the_Herd

[Karax]

Originally posted by RoboticPlayer:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Deceiving_the_Herd

This doesn't really help me mate, also i'm looking for a workaround without having to use the console.
Thank you.

[Docsprock]

Originally posted by Add a Game:

Originally posted by RoboticPlayer:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Deceiving_the_Herd

This doesn't really help me mate, also i'm looking for a workaround without having to use the console.
Thank you.

If you read there, Weylin is not considered an important NPC. Planting the note on him does nothing.

After the Weylin scene, can you find another person on the list to kill and plant the note?

[Karax]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

Originally posted by Add a Game:

This doesn't really help me mate, also i'm looking for a workaround without having to use the console.
Thank you.

If you read there, Weylin is not considered an important NPC. Planting the note on him does nothing.

After the Weylin scene, can you find another person on the list to kill and plant the note?

I'm not interested in killing a high profile target, since there is no reason to (the rewards for doing so are rubbish), all I want to, is not to fail the quest if possible.

As soon as Weylin dies, I'm forced to plant the incriminating letter on him, as noted in the quest log.

I guess...the way this works, the first thing that dies in the city is considered the target, so i'm guessing, killing somebody before weylin dies should solve the problem...I THINK, even so, easier said than done.

[Tryst49]

Go back to a save before you took the "deceiving the herd" quest. Visit Markarth and then go back to take the quest. Weylin is already dead by then and you can pick another target for the letter.

[Karax]

I found the fix!

I was planning on killing a patroling guard outside of markarth, and then reanimate him in the city, and then kill it again, but as soon as I killed the guard it completed my quest.

Apparently potential kills don't have to be in the city itself.

Thanks for all the suggestions!