» Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:04 pm
I don't know of a fix for this, but I know the cause -- if the objective to "patrol the Stone Quarter" completes almost as soon as it's received, then Calixto's final victim is already dead. The game randomly selects one female NPC in the "TownWindhelm" faction to be the victim.
Now, what if no woman in Windhelm has been killed, either by you or a dragon? There is a rather large problem with the parameters of selection. In the ruins of Alftand, there is a dead Altmer woman who happens to be, by some accident, a member of the "TownWindhelm" faction. If she is selected as Calixto's victim, the quest cannot be completed. Worse, reloading will not help -- the final victim is selected when the quest starts (or, in other words, when the scene in the graveyard occurs). Of course, this can also occur if Calixto's victim does by any means beforehand.
Patch 1.3 claimed to fix issues with Radiant Story selections, and since then, I've done the quest twice with no trouble. But two out of three isn't conclusive, so I'm not certain if this is fixed at all as of late.
The safest method to complete this quest is to side with Wuunferth, as Calixto's victim in this case is always the same woman.
To see who was selected as the final victim, PC users can use "sqv MS11" in the console, and scroll up until they see the alias "PotentialThirdVictim"; using "prid [whatever the number was]" will select the victim in the console. From there, "moveto player" or "player.moveto [the number]" will bring the victim to you or you to the victim.
Otherwise, if all else fails, use the console to update the quest and use "disable" on Calixto.