Hi folks,

In Windhelm, a number of NPCs will talk about women being murdered there. It has to be some sort of quest, but I don't know how to formally trigger it.

Since I can't trigger it, I don't even know the quest name, and some googling hasn't helped.

I really want to take this bastage down.

Help? - RK7

Blood on Ice (or somethign like that) is quest name. It's the most bugged quest in the game. Don't even bother. Seriously. I wasted five hours trying to get this quest started, and my game didn't let me. On any of my files. I'm serious when I say don't waste your time >.<

And if that answer doesn't suffice, several ways to start it:

-A scene pops up in the graveyard at night where a woman is murdered. You can start it there.
-Entering the locked house in the city should start it, though I can't remember the name of the place. It's the one you have to purchase.
--You can enter it by purchasing the house
--Can either lockpick or pickpocket the key and get in.
Note: Entering the house doesn't always start the quest. It didn't for me.

The quest is called "Blood on the Ice." Head ye to the cemetary of Windhelm and look for blood splatters on the floor when you're in Windhelm. It does tend to be a buggy questline but it's worked for me fine so far.

check the uesp under the name "Blood on the Ice". I had the quest trigger at random while I was in the graveyard.

The quest is called Blood on the Ice, and apparently has been buggy for a lot of folks. No problems for me. It should start the first time you visit the Windhelm graveyard, where you'll come across a murder victim and a couple of guards.

It's buggy, and you might get stuck with a quest item in your list that you can't remove. I suggest following the steps outlined here:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Blood_on_the_Ice

To clarify some bugginess, my problem comes at #1 on the list uustenwurf linked to. Since I have already completed the civil war stuff in favor of the Imperials, there are no Windhelm guards left, so the quest can't trigger. Everyone talks about it, but the people with the appropriate dialog options aren't around anymore. Would be a fine subject for inclusion in a patch (hint, hint, Beth). If not, some modder will fix the problem when the CK gets released.

Thanks, everybody, that'll get me started!

Nor shall one more innocent be cut down in the prime of her life, as Mara is my witness!

Edit: By all the Nord Gods! Not Susanna, No!!