Skyrim talk:Hadvar

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Where is he?[edit]

Where is he after taking Windhelm??? — Unsigned comment by 108.88.69.52 (talk) at 02:48 on November 24, 2011

If not bugged, he stayed at the inn of Riverwood, no interactions or new dialogues though. — Unsigned comment by 219.81.196.168 (talk) at 12:44 on December 24, 2011

Whiterun Bug[edit]

I triggered the bug when I rode up to Tullius outside the Windhelm gates; it immediately counted the speech as complete and afterwards Hadvar appeared in Whiterun. Reloading an earlier save, approaching Tullius on foot and listening to the entire speech solved the issue for me. 75.93.14.165 18:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

If followed Ralof[edit]

If you followed Ralof at the beginning, but joined legion after that, will you see Hadvar again? — Unsigned comment by 219.81.196.168 (talk) at 17:45 on 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Yep, I did that. Even joined the stormcloaks until I switched in Jagged Crown. He is there, no mention of my stormcloak days, and he greeted me as if nothing had happened. ForsakenOne 08:06, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I did it, and during the Battle for Whiterun, I was surprised to see him there. I think he mentioned that he "expected to find [me] in a ditch somewhere." Something like that.49.224.154.234 12:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
I followed Ralof out of Helgen too, but when I got to the Jagged Crown quest for the Imperials, Hadvar wasn't part of the team. Once we got to the room with the crown on the draugr's head, Rikke just stood there because Hadvar wasn't there to do the part of his dialogue. Talking to my follower got things moving again and I was able to finish the quest. However, he was present during the battle for Whiterun. 71.171.112.74 09:01, 20 October 2013 (GMT)
Don't know if anyone will read up on this, but Hadvar will show up during the missions to take the forts and during the Battle of Windhelm, though he will act strangely. Also, he did not switch to his heavier armor, as he was still fighting with studded light armor and no helmet. I think he was present during the final battle but I'm not sure. I later fast traveled to Whiterun once I left Windhelm and Hadvar was there, saying his generic lines. I followed the instructions to fix the bug (saving, exiting, reloading) and he walked back to Riverwood. Now he sits around inside the Sleeping Giant Inn like he's suppose to. 173.72.185.250 00:37, 6 November 2014 (GMT)

Hadvar hostile[edit]

I am currently at the quest The Jagged Crown [[1]], just outside Korvanjund. Hadvar is there and he attacks me on sight. I realy dont know what have I done to him wrong but im pretty sure I dint do any hostile action. I have tried with console commands to fix this, but nothing seems to help (killing, resetting, alter crimefaction...) If anyone has a fix or good suggestion it would help a lot. Thanks // 93.142.215.205 12:42, 12 January 2012 (UTC) Stef


Alvor and Sigrid's House[edit]

I never see him in the Inn. He's always here until the later Civil War events... — Unsigned comment by 75.92.217.27 (talk) at 17:02 on February 14, 2012

Once the war is over, if the Imperials win, he will stay in the inn permanently. RIM 22:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

spelling[edit]

in the list of things he says to new characters it says sellsword instead of spellsword — Unsigned comment by 108.197.122.144 (talk) at 09:45 on 18 February 2012 (UTC)

thats how he said it it isn't a typo here. — Unsigned comment by 24.38.223.147 (talk) at 04:15 on 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Probably means mercenary. Redgard aren't known for magic, thats how I read it anyway. — Unsigned comment by 24.38.223.147 (talk) at 04:06 on 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Sellswords are mercenaries, it is a common enough term in fantasy. --Velyanthe 20:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
If you recruit Mjoll and she will said the word too, like something "I've never been a sellsword, always adventure myself" or so. — Unsigned comment by Templarphoenix (talkcontribs) at 19:10 on 1 March 2012 (UTC)

The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard[edit]

the "are you a sailor our of Stros M'kai" part of his redgard begining game dialog is a refrence to this little known game in the tes universe. it isn't numbered, but was made after battle spire(also not numbered) and before morrowind(tes 4). the 4th elderscroll universe game(but not considered in the tes series directly). it takes place 400 years before arena --24.38.223.147 04:17, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Morrowind was TES III, but other than that spot on.--Ratwar 21:01, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Glitching during Unbound[edit]

During Unbound, Hadvar frequently stands in place and tells the player to hurry up, which is normal. I got him stuck doing this at a particular spot, right before heading down the stairs/slope at the bottom of which a wall breaks/stones fall before entering the room with the Torturer and his assistant. If I go on ahead of him, the two Stormcloaks in the Torturer's room are friendly and will greet me if I speak with them, but will not hold conversation. The gate by which he stands is visible, but the gated wall around the gate's door is not. I'm not certain whether or not this will affect the completion of the quest once I exit Helgen.

I have not had this issue before, and don't know if it was added by a patch, a mod, or randomly occurs. Has anyone else had this issue? Vely►Talk►Email 15:35, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

¥== Interesting note == The name "Hadvar" *seems* to come from Hebrew "ha davar" (הדבר) (source at morfix.co.il) which translates to "The Thing". Not sure if this is a coincidence or not. Actually, there are a few auxiliary meanings, "event" being one of them, but "thing" is the primary one, and personally, I think "The Thing" kind of fits his personality. I'll leave it to the community to decide if this is worth putting on the page. I'm also not sure that there isn't a translation in some other language.

66.49.51.122 14:46, 8 December 2013 (GMT)

Seems unlikely that Hadvar should be named after a Hebrew word. Being a Nord he is more likely to have been named with a Scandinavian inspiration. Indeed -var is a common end compound in several old Scandinavian names, though sometimes with spelling variations. —MortenOSlash (talk) 18:15, 8 December 2013 (GMT)
Probably right, but it was so close that I couldn't help saying something. Then again, you never know, considering there are an awful lot of people in the target audience that speak neither Hebrew nor any Scandinavian languages, so most people wouldn't know the difference (unless they're from Scandinavia or Israel), and quite a lot wouldn't care. But ya, you're probably right. I'd be interested to know where they really got the name, then. Just for fun, I went to google translate and typed in "hadvar" and several variations in spelling. It got pretty confused, and never did give me anything interesting ("dava" means "case" in Turkish, but I don't think that's a scandinavian language). Are there any scandinavian languages that don't have a latin alphabet?
66.49.51.122 14:29, 10 December 2013 (GMT)
They all use the Latin alphabet, though with with some few extra letters.
You have the old Norse name Halvard with the variations Hallvard and Halvor. Then you have Ivar with the variation Iver. Håvar wit the variation Håvard. Oddvar, somtimes spelled Odvar, is not uncommon.
The first part, Had-, is however rare in Scandinavian people's names. It is more common in Scandinavian place names like Hadeland, Hadsund, Haderslev, Hadsel and Haddal, and the variations like Hedeby and Hedström.
Hadvar itself does not mean anything in any of the Scandinavian languages.
MortenOSlash (talk) 22:28, 10 December 2013 (GMT)
So I guess we could conclude that they took some Norse names, munged them up a bit, and invented Hadvar, and it just happened to coincide with a Hebrew word. I guess stranger things have happened. I'll buy it, because in retrospect, it DOES seem a little strange that they would use a Hebrew word in a Scandinavian setting. I still think "The Thing" matches his personality though. Just from his mannerisms. :) And yes, I did adjust my post above to say "latin" instead of "roman", because it's more correct.
Interesting little discourse, though. I'll quit clogging up the talk page now.
66.49.51.122 18:43, 11 December 2013 (GMT)
We will probably never know for sure exactly what kind of inspirations or coincidences that actually are behind a name like that. I would not put it past a Bethesda employee with knowledge of Hebrew to add a little spice to it either, but a lot of Nord place and people's names seem like a mash up of typical Scandinavian syllables. —MortenOSlash (talk) 19:15, 11 December 2013 (GMT)

() Interesting to see that Hah Dov Aar (Dragon language) translates to Mind Dragon/Dragonkind Servant. (See http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dragon_Language). I often look to dragon language when thinking about how the name of a character could give me insight into their personality or role. Doesn't always work, but in this case I think it fits, considering Hadvar's assistance in saving the dragonborn's can (and teaching the dragonborn??) -- Eire — Unsigned comment by Eire (talkcontribs) at 15:42 on 13 May 2015 (GMT)

There might be slightly more possible that the name could be an reference to an in-game language than hebrew, but as has been discussed here, as there are absolutely no other indications to it being intentionally, it has nothing to do on this wiki. (By the way, usually when the discussions on a topic has been inactive for more than a few months, new contributions are seen as necroposting, ie. posting in dead topics, and deleted. Your contribution built on the topic close enough for it to narrowly pass. And something else: Please note the signature and indents explained in the white box above the edit box.) —MortenOSlash (talk) 20:26, 13 May 2015 (GMT)