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@flexcreator found out that Aela's AI was simply paused. Maybe a script caused that and then failed to unpause her again. To snap Aela (any actor) out of this strange state: 1) Open the console 2) Click on Aela 3) Type "toggleai" (or short form: "tai") Thank you, @flexcreator!

Thank you. I had tried the second one before, but it seems to only output some info. The first one, however, looks promising. As the problem persisted after going through the steps the program suggested, I contacted the author. I hope he'll kindly find the time to have a look at the issue. Any further hints welcome.

In order to configure FNIS, I followed the guide at http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/articles/540/ , but the problem persists. I wonder if there's a way to inspect the savegame and, maybe, get rid of the problematic data in it.

Exactly. I've used various mods and it's possible that any one changed animations. However, the issue was also present before reinstalling (I did the fresh install in the hopes of solving the issue). Are savegames aware of animations in any way?

Aela is stuck in the base model pose. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZoNE8SuLvw I don't know how/when it exactly happened. It might have been when I activated the Mod 'Bijin Warmaidens' for the first time. However, the video was taken from a fresh install without any mods - just loading the savegame. Also, when I loaded the savegame of another character, Aela was working normally. I'd love to finish the companion questline, so if anyone has suggestions on how to resolve the issue, please tell me. Note that I already tried console commands like RESETAI, KILL, RESURRECT, MARKFORDELETE, ... When using PLACEATME I get a new instance of aela that is walking around correctly, but she has only the default dialog options and she is unwary of any quests and therefore useless. (The char is level 57, so I refuse to simply start over :smile:) I'd be thankful for a solution that gets Aela back into a healthy state.