Sorry to bump a thread that is a year old, but this is the only place on the web I have actualy found the same problem I have.. Only difference is I have gotten to the point where it tells me to learn the bend will shout as a quest and then after I do so, it says completed and then my quest is to read the book again... So I read the book once again which takes me to Miraak and my quest to read the book never says completed and I am stuck fighting Miraak over and over and over.... I have tried killing the dragons before he goes to ethereal form, I have tried letting him kill the dragons when I bend there will, I have even let him kill the dragons while I am riding them. I have used my hands and took forever to bring his life down. I have tried using my Nordic bow that I have crafted so high I almost take his health in two or three hits. I played Skyrim so much and completed all available quests to get this high and tuff I am way over level 100 and all my perks are at level 100 and the perks on them are all at 100 some are over and green color due to what I am wearing and such, but anyways someone had said on another forum that I could use the console to get the quest to activate?... I found out the console is the tilde key and that you apparently can type quests in to complete them so how would I do that cause I am not starting over.