Talk:The Graveyard Lich/@comment-2407:7000:8484:CA00:C4CF:CB2D:3F82:1438-20190716102223

After talking to the lich, I decided to just kill him without bothering Marlowe. A couple of spike traps and he died before he could cast a single spell. But ... it left me stuck. There was no soul stone, and for some reason the game decided Malla was now dead.

I figured out that you can get back onto option 2 (and clear the quest from your journal) by going to the lich cave, then using these two console commands:

C:SetGlobal("LichJob", "GLOBAL", 3) C:CreateCreature("Marlowe")

Marlowe will appear, see that the lich is dead, and say thanks. You can give him the soul stone, the two quests will show as complete, and you get the XP.