Ello. In the quest, "Hired Muscle" I have to intimidate this dude from Riverwood. The quest was given by one of the guys in the Companions, over in Whiterun. Earlier in the game I went on a slaughtering rampage which decreased Riverwood's population to about 0%. So there he is, lying on the floor, dead. I'm supposed to intimidate a dead body. How so?

Playing on a Xbox console.

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Reload before you accepted the quest, and try again from another Companion. Should eventually get a different quest target.