Killerwolf1010 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) So I notice she still hasn't caught back up with me with all of my fast travels and waiting still, after leaving her slow ass behind, so I head to my breezehome house to check for her, still not there. She's not in Dragon-place either. At first I thought it was because during her absence, I took control of that city and wondered if you lost her as a follower because of that but no mention on the wiki. I finally tried to teleport to her location (Not much for console commands), curious to know where she may be and upon arriving, her sword and shield came tumbling down the steps I was transported to, with no sign of her body. It moved me to where I fought a dragon earlier (Which she didn't arrive to on time) but the only indication I saw that she even ever fought it was a brief moment where the Blood Dragon was shooting flames down on something far below me on the steps that I couldn't see (She has some really good fire resist and health, normally she tanks the entire fight without dropping to her knees, so I thought nothing of it). So anyways, there was a normal dragon chilling there this time, killed that one too and still couldn't find her body after searching... Did Lydia get eaten? I want my baby back. Edited November 30, 2011 by Killerwolf1010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Sorry to say, but it sounds like she got cooked or perhaps knocked off the mountain by that dragon. It's happened to me a couple of times. I stopped taking her with me. The Dark Brotherhood Initiate you get after the DB quest is much tougher and capable of proper stealth. She probably fell victim to the "premature corpse removal" bug that's supposed to get fixed in patch 1.2. Well, if patch 1.2 wasn't a complete abortion of an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerwolf1010 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yeah, I just wanted to know where her body was, it's so hard losing somebody and you have no proof they're really gone, now I just think she dropped her weapons to go live peacefully somewhere in the wilderness, I'll always wonder if I'll just come across her someday :( I actually went back to the dragon save and replayed it, she was on the steps like I thought for it, she died again somehow by the end of it... I think I figured it out, I used Ice Storm against the dragon and he landed at the top of the steps that she was coming up, I think she got caught in my flurry spam of Ice Storms on the dragon but I couldn't see her because she was behind him. She died in the same place the teleport command brought me to last time, haha. I wondered how she could die with all that fire resist (I gave her it to avoid deaths to my Fireballs). Mystery solved, now to try not to kill her a 3rd time on the same fight. I was hoping I wouldn't have to revert to an old save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkjedi73200 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 ~K.Wolf~ I feel your pain. I had Lydia for a long time,.... maybe tell I was level 20 or so. Then I did the Blades quests. After when you are asked to bring followers to the leader of the blades to have the initiated I decided that I would let Lydia retire into the Blades. I let her join the Blades, then asked her to follow me ( This BTW is a great way to get your companion decked out in Blades gear Katana and all ) I whent out to do some missions and suddenly about 45min into playing realized "Where the hell is Lydia" I started searching around the last couple locations I had traveled to with no luck. Later when I whent back to the Blades Temple I see this poor corpse of a woman on the floor, curious I mouse over the body that was lurking in the shadows to find it is Lydia :ohdear: What I think happens here, ( and this is just a wild guess ) is Lydia became flagged as killable when she joined the Blades. Anytime I would see my companion DIE infront of me while in combat ( I don't know why people keep saying their companions are unkillable, mine all can be killed in combat by an NPC dealing the death blow ) I would just reload my quicksave and continue. My guess here is that Lydia was some how knocked off a cliff while I was mountain jumping ( Gotta love the immunity shout for cliff jumping ) I have lost another companion this way. The COMPANION GUILD woman with the green war paint on her face..... got her killed the same way. Overall maybe I am a boob and just some how found a way to get my companions killed, but at this rate I use them as luggage bitches when I am transporting large items ( Stupid ass heavy Dragon Bones ) I do wish there were more commands you could give companions that would make them USEFULL in combat past a meat shield. Some nature of Def Stance Off Stance and Neutral would be a start. Then a legit inventory for gearing out your companions would be next. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDX2000 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Funny similar anecdote: I once wanted to marry someone in skyrim, took her onto a rather dangerous quest on the day before our wedding. When she was gone, I was sure she's dead, turns out she just teleported to the wedding at some point..."Honey, I didn't go because I just assumed you were dead. I would have looked for the corpse, but... I didn't care that much." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZRainman Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) If you don't want to lose them, make them essential via console. Edited November 30, 2011 by AZRainman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineapplerum Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Sorry to hear that Killerwolf. RIP Lydia. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindrie Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 if you can't find them a stategy I always use is when you start the game open the console and click on lydia now lower it and play the game as normal now if she dissapears or died and you cand find the body just open up the console and she should be still selected as long as you didnt click any thing else or turn of the game, type "moveto player" and bam she should tele to you alive or dead if dead just resurrect her then make her essential. This is the system I use when my dead thralls dissapear. just remember to click her with the console every time you restart the game, or if you use the console on something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roane Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 My companions don't die; I assume that's because I play on novice. What? I like to explore. Later, after completely exploring Skyrim, I'll move the difficulty slider :happy: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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