Skyrim:Hide and Seek (quest)

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This article is about the Dawnguard quest. For the game you can play with children, see Hide and Seek (game).

Kill a vampire masquerading as a citizen. Quest Giver: Gunmar Location(s): Radiant Reward: Leveled enchanted armor, weapon, or jewelry ID: DLC1RH01

Vampire masquerading as a Visiting Advisor

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak with Gunmar in Fort Dawnguard.
2. Dispose of the target (Traveling Bard, Traveling Merchant, or Traveling Pilgrim).
3. Report back to Gunmar.

Detailed Walkthrough

Speak with Gunmar in Fort Dawnguard and tell him you are ready to offer some help. He has located the whereabouts of a vampire masquerading as a common citizen. He wants you to track him down and dispose of him. Your target would be a Traveling Bard, Traveling Merchant, or Traveling Pilgrim at a radiant city or town. However, the law is unware of the danger and will treat you as a criminal if you're caught. He will advise you to act discretely and be vigilant about the law.

Travel to your destination and it would be easy to identify your target. You may talk to him and expose him as a vampire. He will initially deny it. "I beg your pardon, sir/ma'am. I don't know what you're getting at, but whatever it is, it's not appreciated." Keep an eye on him and other potential witnesses. Take advantage of the darkness and kill him in sneak mode. Alternatively, you can ask him to come with you, if you can pass a speech check.

Option	Dialogue				Reaction
I want to show you something. It's important. You really must come. (Persuade) I'll take you to the monster you're hunting. (Persuade)	Passed: Monster? What monster? Don't know what you're game is, but I'll humor for a moment. Lead the way. Take me to this "monster" of yours. But I'm warning you, do anything funny, and you'll regret it. Failed: What are you talking about? I don't know anything about any monsters.				Passed: Make the target follow you Failed: Nothing
Follow me, or you'll regret it. (Intimidate)	Passed: Settle down. No need for threats. Lead the way. But I'm warning you, I'm not afraid to fight you if I have to. Failed: I'm no so easily coerced. I've got my eye on you. Try anything, and you will be the one who regrets it.				Passed: Make the target follow you Failed: Nothing

It would be safer to kill him in the wilderness. You can also lead him to some dangerous places, like a Dragon Lair, and let some hostile creatures do you a "favor".

Return to Gunmar with the good news, he will be very satisfied. "Very good. That's one less monster we need to worry about. Though there's plenty more where he came from. Be ever watchful." Then enjoy your reward.

Notes

• The Traveling Pilgrim will be detected with Detect Life rather than Detect Dead, despite allegedly being a vampire, and produces Vampire Dust when killed.
• Attacking the vampire before he is hostile and killing him will increase your murder count statistic in your journal, regardless if you are detected or receive a bounty. One way to avoid this is to cast a Frenzy spell on him first. You can alternatively kill him as a werewolf or if Dragonborn is installed, use the Bend Will shout to command a dragon to kill him.

Quest Stages

Hide and Seek (DLC1RH01)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		<Alias=QuestGiver> has sent me to <Alias=Habitation>. I am to find and kill the vampire masquerading as a <Alias=Target>. I am to do so discreetly as the law is unaware of the threat and will assume I have murdered a citizen. (Objective is assigned): Discreetly kill <Alias=Target>
100		(Objective is assigned): Return to <Alias=QuestGiver>
255		I found and killed the vampire masquerading as a <Alias=Target> in <Alias=Habitation>.

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 1.

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage DLC1RH01 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest DLC1RH01.

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