Skyrim:Garmr

Garmr (RefID: xx01AA79)
Added by	Dawnguard
Location	Volkihar Keep
Species	Death Hound	Soul	Lesser
Level	5	Type	Animals
RefID	xx01AA79	BaseID	xx01AA77
Other Information
Health	121	Magicka	0
Stamina	114
Primary Skills	Sneak
Follower	Yes
Faction(s)	Creature Faction; DLC1VampireFaction; Hireable dog/deathhound; PlayerPotentialAnimalFaction

Garmr

Garmr is one of two death hounds living in Volkihar Keep, along with CuSith. Each can be used as a follower if you join the Volkihar vampires. They function exactly like the other animal followers, having only 'wait' and 'follow' as commands, following the typical behavior of running and attacking things on sight, and can be recruited in addition to an NPC follower.

Follower Dialogue

When first spoken to, the only option available is "Ready for some bloodshed, beast?" Selecting this, you are given the options of "Let's sate our hunger together.", which makes him your follower, or "Silence, cur. No meat for you today." which dismisses him. If gained as a follower, you have the option to tell him "Wait here." or "Time for you to head home." which dismisses him from your service.

Trivia

• Garmr's name likely comes from a Norse mythological creature of the same name mentioned in the Prose Edda.

Bugs

• Due to a bug in the voice files associated with male death hounds, they will show subtitles saying 'whine' or 'growl' but no sound will be heard. This applies to both CuSith and Garmr.
  • The Unofficial Dawnguard Patch, version 2.0.4, fixes this bug.
• Both of the death hound followers have the same stats and level as a normal death hound instead of the usual 10-25 level range on other dog followers. As a result they are quite weak compared to other dogs.
  • The Unofficial Dawnguard Patch, version 1.1.4, fixes this bug.
• If you ally with the vampires and a Dawnguard Scout attacks the castle then Garmr might be mercilessly executed by his vampire masters for no apparent reason. ^?
• If something is taken from Castle Volkihar, a bounty can be placed on you by Garmr. ^?