Talk:Following the Thread (The Witcher 3)/@comment-29111425-20170205120908/@comment-2600:1700:3220:F090:9863:C12B:D699:FCFB-20180921141838

I read on another forum that when this is the case, a guard will drop a note indicating Hammond's location. Maybe I missed a corpse since they weren't all stacked neatly in a pile, but I did not find any note so I can't verify that information. Hammond was, as said, on top of the hill to the south east (easily visible on the map as a large circle of red structures) and the quest picked up instantly with no hiccups upon approaching him, regardless of the large orange quest marker circle still being over the town.