Weylin wont attack Margret - Markath bug.

[Valamyr]

I'm having an issue where Weylin wont attack Margret upon my first visit to Markath. This screws up at least The Forsown Conspiracy and prevent the NPC responsible for starting the House of Horrors from spawning.

 

Googling says this happens if I enter it at night on The House of Madness quest but while it was night, Im not on that quest.

 

Guards immediately walked up to me to complain about my meddling instead. Dunno why.

Same thing if I reload an older save and/or disable all mods before entering.

Killing Weylin without him attack Margret does not fix the issue. Disable/Enable or 'startquest' for the Forsworn Conspiracy doesn't make him behave as intended.

Can someone point me to a console solution or a script fix of any kind? Thx.

[Valamyr]

I think this may be related to the fact guards think Ive been meddling before I even start. If I found the variable that makes guards warn you about meddling in Markath and set it to zero before entering it might fix it. Ill try looking through scripts...

[Valamyr]

Ultimately gave up on fixing this, would have required rolling back to when I first talked to a guard outside Markath 50 hours of gameplay ago.

The bug ensured MS01 started on stage 90 and that the guy for the House of Horrors quest would not spawn. I killed both Weylin and Margret from stealth, manually triggered House of Horrors through console, and went in the temple where MS02 (Cidna mine) was triggered given I was on stage 90.

So I got the mace and the game 'feels' like I did MS01 and House of Horrors normally. Best I could manage.

[didymus20x6]

I had this happen to me. I had entered the drinking game with Sam Guinevere at night, and was teleported to Markarth Dibella Temple. When I left the temple, it was night. Weylin and Margret were in the market, but he didn't attack her.

After fiddling with the game for a while, I finally fixed it by doing this:

(1) Return to the market during the daytime. Make sure Weylin and Margret are there.
(2) Use the console to enter these commands: "Prid 9C8AB" and "Setrelationshiprank 9C8A9 -4". This will cause Weylin to become hostile and attack Margret, though it won't be with the backstab as normal.
(3) Once Weylin is dead, the quest will continue as normal.

(9C8AB is Weylin's RefID, and 9C8A9 is Margret's - you can also use these codes if, for some reason, they aren't there, to teleport them there).

Edited September 10, 2018 by didymus20x6

[Karelia]

You don't need to console Weylin into attacking Margret. Just kill Weylin yourself. It won't be flagged as a crime and when he dies the guards will address the crowd and the quest will proceed as normal. The only reason you'd need to force him to attack her is if you want her to die before you intervene. Personally, I make a point to try and save Margret if I can anyway, so that particular outcome works fine for me.