Why is this NPC following me?

So I started the mission Daedra's Bestfriend. I am on my way to get the rueful axe when I saw a goat on the road, I killed it with Fus-Ro-Dah when suddenly a vampire NPC run towards me, I thought she will attack me but when I sheathe my bow she did the same to her dagger and she wont stop following and doing what I am doing... When I talk to her it just say "This person is busy".

I haven't started the dawnguard DLC mission yet.

I am curious what did I do to trigger this. Or is it just a random encounter?

Edit: I can now talk to her and command her like a companion after reloading a save file.

pc skyrim-special-edition

Best Answer

So after doing some research generally it's either because of or related to mod issues or simply a vanilla bug.

It's hard to give you an specific answer for your case because no idea which one is your case. That being said, most vanilla cases I found were related to having bounties and happened with random NPCs (which could be fixed by simply clearing all bounties) or were related to specific NPCs (fixed differently for each case). And in the case of mods it was always an specific mod issue (also with a particular fix).

PS: I know you didn't ask for a fix, but assuming you do want to fix it you can always try to just wait, sleep, reload a previous save or well, kill her lol. Or you can always try console commands. Anyway here are some sources: 1, 2, 3, 4.

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How do you stop a NPC from following me?

First, move very close to him [the unwanted follower], up to the point where you are touching him. Then, save your game. Make sure you don't override a saved game in case this doesn't work. Then shut off your console completely and reload the game you just saved...

How do I disable NPC?

Open the console, click on the actor, and then type markfordelete , followed by disable . Close the console and move a few steps away, and then open up the console again and type player.

How do you teleport a NPC to you?

Instructions

To place a new copy of an NPC at your current location, type the following in the console: player.placeatme <BaseID> <#>

To move to an NPC, type the following in the console: player.moveto <refID>

To move an NPC to you, type the following in the console: Prid <refID>

Followed by: moveto player.

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