1. Is the Restoration/Alchemy loop fixed in the most recent patch? I'm all patched up and I can't seem to get it working.

2. Will a follower wear Imperial Armor? I'm making a diplomat character with an Imperial bodyguard.

3. I've heard that if I side with the Imperials in the civil war, the Windhelm house becomes inaccessible. Is this true?

4. Which quests involve more story than combat? Quests like Blood on the Ice.

Thanks.

1. I don't think so.

2. They should if it's better than what they have.

3. I don't think so.

4. I don't know them by heart.

5. I've been no help.

Edited to correct first answer.

I think it isn't working because I tried it at the base alchemy level, I should probably try to perk it up.

I'm sure someone knows for sure and will post eventually, but I haven't heard that it's been 'fixed'.

I also have questions about Talos. According to the wiki, he didn't ever really become a "god." People just treat his memory like one.

It's like republicans and Ronald Reagan or metalheads and Ozzy Osbourne. Neither are actual gods, but they're treated as such in those circles.

If Talos is not a god, then how come his Shrine will cure your Diseases and give a temporary blessing.
If He was a mortal, then why is there no gravesite for him in the Imperial City?
Talos mantled Lorkhan/Shor/Shezzar, and became a Divine.

You can get Hjerim after completing the imperial side of the civil war quest line and Blood on the Ice. There's also a mod that makes it available just after completing Blood on the Ice.

and you meet him in TES3.