Flight or Fight

Walkthrough
This quest can begin in either of two ways. Either the Dragonborn can visit Heartwood Mill and speak with Grosta, the woman who is running it with only the help of her young son, or the Dragonborn can find the remains of a Nord inside Broken Helm Hollow.

Find Leifnarr / Report Leifnarr's death to his family
If the Dragonborn speaks with Grosta first, she mentions that her husband left for Broken Helm Hollow to sell some wood to some merchants who promised a better price than he could get elsewhere, but never returned. She then opines that he has likely run off with "some elf whore".

Alternatively, the Dragonborn can find an unnamed Nord's remains inside Broken Helm Hollow.

Return to Grosta
Either way, the Dragonborn can then go back to the mill and inform Grosta of her husband Leifnarr's tragic death.

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