Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12005676-20130724233542/@comment-6881629-20150925210229

Can't seem to find anywhere that says his tag does get removed except for 50.26.236.31 above, all the storys of people killing him i've seen involve using commands (and theres even mods just for it). I'm not sure that quest is the reason a lot of the other targets aren't essential (but who knows).