In a certain quest an NPC is supposed to die at the end to complete the quest. He wont die however. More info in the spoiler thread: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1446780-nurelion-wont-die-quest-wont-finish/

In the console I checked if he was essential and he is. I tried setting his essential to 0 (and I used BaseID and not RefID if you are wondering), but it didn't change him from having essential at 1 to essential at 0. Using the kill command through the console obviously wont work without changing the essential to 0 first.

I don't know if this would effect anything but I do have many mods installed.

Can anyone help me please?

I just realised that the "certain quest" is obvious. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong thread. A moderator may delete this post if they wish, or help me retitle the post.

Homing in on the answer: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/615805-/62497626

Does anyone know how to access an essential alias?