Striking the Heart

Striking the Heart is a quest available in . It is a radiant quest given by Aela the Huntress in which the Dragonborn must kill a Silver Hand lieutenant at a random Silver Hand base.
==Objectives==
#Assassinate the Silver hand leader
#Retun to Aela
==Walkthrough==
The Dragonborn must travel to a Silver Hand Stronghold, assassinate a Silver Hand lieutenant in a radiant location then return to Aela for the reward.
===Possible locations===
*Treva's Watch
*Lost Knife Hideout
*Valtheim Towers
*Broken Helm Hollow
*Orotheim
*Redoran's Retreat
*Fort Fellhammer
*Gallows Rock
*Swindler's Den
==Journal==
Striking the Heart – CR09	Striking the Heart – CR09
ID 	Journal Entry
10 	We've heard rumors of a Silver Hand lieutenant camped at <Alias=Camp>. With <Alias.PronounObj=CompBoss> dead, their forces should weaken.
*Objective 10: Assassinate the Silver Hand leader
20 	I have killed the Silver Hand leader at <Alias=Camp>.
*Objective 20: Return to Aela
200 	
*Quest complete
==Bugs==
Click to show
* Upon completing this quest Aela may not give a follow up quest. Also, when trying to talk to any of the other Companions they will say that the Dragonborn is already doing a job for Aela and that it should be completed. There is no known solution to this bug.
* If the quest is started after starting "Blood's Honor" (by talking to Kodlak Whitemane), the quest can not be completed after completing "Blood's Honor."
* Sometimes the Radiant A.I. will choose a dungeon that has already cleared. In this case, it is possible the quest arrow leads to nothing and the quest cannot be completed without the use of PC console commands.
** The console command setstage CR09 20 will advance the quest.
** This bug may be fixed by deleting the Skyrim Game Utility data, once done start the game and let the Version 1.5 patch redownload. Once done, continue the game and wait 30 game days. If done right the Silver Hand leader should be alive and killable now and the quest can be completed without further problems. Or, reload a save from before the Underforge ritual, and re-complete the quest "The Silver Hand." After completing that, Aela gives the "Striking the Heart" quest again and the location to assassinate the Silver Hand leader may be different.
** Another possible fix for this glitch is that if Heimskr and Fralia Gray-Mane are killed, the quest to talk to a Companions leader for work will activate. This leaves the quest "Striking the Heart" in the journal, unable to be completed.
** Another possible fix is to wait long enough that the game reloads the enemies in the dungeon the quest marker is in and it will reload with the Silver Hand leader among them. Worked in Valtheim Towers, unconfirmed in other locations. The Silver Hand leader should spawn in with several of the new bandits and upon killing them, the quest line should continue.
** The respawned enemies will appear but, for an unknown reason, killing them will not advance the quest.
==Appearances==
*
de:Ein Stich ins Herz
es:Golpear el corazón
ru:Удар в сердце
Category:Skyrim: Miscellaneous Quests
Category:Skyrim: Radiant Quests