» Mon May 21, 2012 11:46 pm
The first time you meet him, when he's in the jail cell under Riften. This is a major bug, as I've googled it and dozens of topics have come up, with dozens of PC commands to fix the problem, but there's nothing for you to do for console, but to just give up.
You talk to him, tell him the code or whatever (Yes, I picked the right options), but then he just says "I will not open this door" or "If my friends see me with you.... blahblahblah" and closes the little peep hole in the door. I've tried killing him through the peep hole with arrows, magic, shouts. I've tried disarming myself fully, throwing heal spells at him, I even left the dang jail and continued on with the game finishing 40+ other quests (completely forgot about the main quest) then went back and still... He refuses to talk to me or open the door despite anything I've tried. Hell I even sat there and spammed the talk button for about an hour straight while I was watching TV and still nothing.
I just don't understand how the MAIN quest can be so obviously bugged to slip through the cracks of it being fixed. I could see if it was a side quest, but no... This is the flipping main quest!