Companions gone aggro

Post » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:55 am

As the title states, Torvar, Athis, and Ria have all gone aggro on me (none of the others have). I have already completed the questline and cured farkas and Vilkas of their ailments, and was trying to start Aela's job when they went aggro, I'm not sure why, but it somehow happened within the last hour or so of gameplay. During that time I was mining alot of ore and pelts for smithing, so I'm not about to go back and do all that again.

I am on pc and looking for a way to stop this short of disabling them in the console. Anybody have the proper console commands to stop the aggression?
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Daniel Brown
 
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Post » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:56 pm

The only time I ever had members of the Companions go aggro on me was when I had unwittingly done something that got me a bounty in Whiterun. The Whiterun guards didn't acknowledge it, but when I went up to Jorrvaskr the Companions who were out back in the training yard attacked me as soon as I came around the corner and was noticed. Some (maybe all) members of the Companions are tagged as guards, and they will go after you if you have an outstanding bounty.

It's a known issue that you can have a bounty that is not recognized by guard NPCs but is recognized by others who are in one of the "law enforcement" factions. That includes members of a Jarl's court, I had the same thing happen in Windhelm... somehow aquired a bounty in Eastmarch. The guards there didn't get the memo but when I entered the palace I was immediately attacked by Galmar, Ulfric, and the Thrice-Pierced (?) guy who also hangs out there.

In both cases I had to do some minor crime to add to the existing bounty in a way that the guards would respond to, but that didn't make it so serious that I couldn't just pay it *all* off with my available funds. Once I was allowed to pay it off, though, it paid off every outstanding crime and I was free and clear.

I did it by trying to pickpocket the first lone guard I encountered in the relevant city/hold, with any followers stowed away somewhere out of range, just in case things went really sour. And I did a save first just to be extra sure, lol. Had lousy pickpocketing skills so in each case the guard immediately tumbled to what I was doing and gave me the "halt" order or whatever they do and then I took the option to pay off my bounty.

Probably wouldn't work if the situation is such that just paying things off is no longer an option, but it's worth a try.
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Maya Maya
 
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Post » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:03 pm

I've had the same issue. I believe it's tied to you having a bounty in ANY areas; it seemed to start for me when I picked up a bounty in hjaalmarch
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Post » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:28 am

I've had the same issue. I believe it's tied to you having a bounty in ANY areas; it seemed to start for me when I picked up a bounty in hjaalmarch

That makes sense when it comes the Companions, as they are not tied in their duties to any one location. More like you're a wanted criminal, and finding and disposing of the "criminal element" in Skyrim is part of what they do for a living. You have a bounty, they're bounty hunters.
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Brandon Wilson
 
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Post » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:02 pm

Something I hadn't considered... I had aquired a sizable bounty over time, but had killed all winesses, so I shouldn't have had a problem to begin with. I've never caused any trouble anywhere close to Whiterun, so it must've been from another area; but as I said, all witnesses to my crimes are all dead (thius includes chickens and rabbits)...Psychic guards anyone? Anyway, punching a Whiterun guard in the face and then doing my time seems to have fixed the problem Thanks for the help, problem solved.
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Post » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:45 am

I always assumed the existence of a bounty meant that there *was* a witness somewhere... at least long enough for the crime to be reported. Whenever I get a bounty and kill all the witnesses immediately there's a message that says "bounty removed" and I have no bounty amounts listed in my stats.

When I had the problems I mentioned, though, I don't remember there being any outstanding bounties listed in my stats then either. And I never did figure out exactly what I had done since I was playing a pretty righteous character and avoided doing anything that I thought might be the least bit dodgy. The whole thing appears to be something buggy that sets off a particular faction tagged for law enforcement but there's no other evidence that you've done anything wrong.

Anyway, glad it worked for you.
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