Don't know. Haven't found the witch yet.
That's another part of this quest that is quite annoying. The only hint you get about her location is from the barbarian. And that is: "I think somewhere to the northwest, but I'm not sure."

I do wonder about the reward though. He is naked. Doesn't carry anything around. What can he give me? His everlasting thanks? His solemn oath to eradicate my adversaries?

Oh, no.
He won't offer to accompany me forever won't he. :eek:

Aaaargh.... maybe he'll ask you to marry him. :D

How did you know that I am playing a very eligible and even more beautifull female adventurer?

Though I don't think I want to find my future husband beside the road, dumped there by another woman. :D

Why don't you just talk to him and ask to "wait here"? You can kill whatever you wish, then ask him to follow you again. All the quests involving companions I know of allow this option. It can be a bit boring, but it's surely effective.

You might want to buy or create a spell " Heal Companion ". it enable you to heal other people. thus stopping them from dying.

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1)) yes you can tell the barbarian to wait while you go on your quest. do your mark spell so you can find him again.
2) he offers a nice axe, if i remembered right. if you don't like him, you can probably kill him once you receive the ax. but taunt him instead. also that witch makes her own proposition to you against the barbarian of course
3) or go to the morrowind summit site and there is a mod (sorry forgot the name but i do have it at home) that displays hitpoint stats for all NPCs and monsters. haven't installed it yet but i will soon. just do a seach for hitpoints or displays.

Oddly enough, she isn't that far from where you find him. She is on the road though. I can't remember exactly, but the first time I tried to complete this mission I ran from Hla Oad, to Ald Ruhn looking for her, and all places in between! I had the woman with a certain pair of boots as well. Guess it was my day for charity work. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Umm, you can't ask him "wait here". Don't know if it is a bug, because I have seen it with other companions. It simply isn't available in the possible dialogue with this barbarian.

I have the spell. The problem is that I haven't got a clue if an NPC is wounded and how much effect my spell has on him/her. I think i'll check out the mod GForce mentioned.


I had the same experience. Walking to ald ruhn with two people trailing you. ;)
And I don't think it is all charity: that's a nice pair of boots (if you have the magic resistance to wear them)

BTW: I finally found the witch

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The witch is to the north-northwest of the barbarians original position. Just follow the road there.

GForce, can you lookup the name of the mod that shows the hitpoints etc.
I searched morrowind summit but haven't found it :(

Okay I did the search and it's called Kobu's Damage Report Mod or something like that. Just do a search for the author who is Kobu. Appearently that mod only reports non-NPC creatures. Sorry for leading you on. BTW if you need help fighting, just summon two or three skeletons before the battle. That should help. Or better yet golden saints.