

In a more linear game this bug would probably have been found by the developers but due to the complexity of in-game story branches in Skyrim (and all TES titles) it's almost impossible to test for all eventualities. Going forward always bear in mind that the Creation Engine - upon which Skyrim is built - is prone to such bugs. I've spent a while looking for this bug but cannot find it, and I never experienced it myself on PC - it's likely XB360 only. I just wanted to provide a concrete answer here of what I think you're already aware of without a save from just prior to returning to Whiterun there's nothing to be done. Never-the-less it's a long shot so here's my original answer.

I'm unsure how likely this is to work in reality but I would be more than happy to point you to an article that explains how to extract your save and I'd be happy to attempt to examine it on PC for you. I have just written out this entire answer then learned it may be possible to get your save up and running in Skyrim for PC where it could be debugged properly. Please has anybody solved this glitch for the Xbox 360? I want this mission done, so I can talk to those just standing there and continue the game because I read that the Jarl is needed in order to progress the main quest-line I just killed one lonely Silver Hand guy outside the fort, but nothing changed when I got to Whiterun. Even went back to the witches coven and the Silver Hand places. I have uninstalled the game and run it from the disc. I have gone to the stables and entered on foot. But every time I go to Whiterun the people just stand there, the pyre burning and nothing happens. I have done more quests after this bug, even built a house by Lakeview. I know he is needed because you must give him the fragments of Wuurstal.

But the person not there is Eorlund Gray-Mane. Now every time I go to Whiterun, the Skyforge has all the people there (the Jarl and steward, some villagers, and the companions) but they all just stand there. There was something said about the Underforge, but the quest marker did not point there. They light Kodlak's body on fire, and that's it.

I then proceeded up to the Skyforge, where Aela starts talking. I then fast travelled back to Whiterun, where Vilkas said that the funeral will start and I must go to the Skyforge. I then proceeded to the Silver Hand fort and wiped them all out. I got back to Whiterun and saw Kodlak was dead. I started the mission before, to kill the witches at the coven and get the heads. I have many quests open, but the one I can't do is the Companions mission - Glory of the Dead. I have it installed on my hard drive for Xbox 360. I recently got Skyrim Complete edition, the one with all the add-ons.
