

Also, be sure to follow the blood trail to a house in the northwest part of the city named “ Hjerim “. You can go talk to Helgrid now to learn that the attacks were done with an ancient Nord weapon, but she isn’t any help after that. He’ll mention two things: that Helgrid took the body to the nearby Hall of the Dead for burial and that he noticed a path of blood leading away from the crime scene. Go back and tell the guard by the crime scene that you have permission to help. He’ll gladly accept your help, so now your officially looking into this and are not some nut off the street. Jorleif is in the Palace of the Kings, so head over there and talk to him. He’ll listen but will tell you that you need to talk to Jorleif if you want to OFFICIALLY help investigate.

They will each give you vague details at best, so go back and reporrt to the guard. Go up to each of them and ask if they know anything. The guard will reluctantly let you help and will ask you to question the three witnesses nearby. I got it to show up on a lower level character fairly easy, so BE AWARE that this can happen… For the life of me I can’t get it to show up on my higher level character. I’m fairly certain this quest is GLITCHED if you advance too far into the game.
