"Yea ive tried and tried and he wont budge from the **** tavern. The sorry ****er keeps on saying that since i bought the house its my problem. What do i do kill him? Its ****in me off!"
When you found the pot on the floor with the hand/arm (i cant remember) and the note. You will have only read the note and not actually taken it. You have to actually pick it up into your inventory and then go back to him and he will agree to go back with you. Thats what I did, i only read it, didn't take it. BTW if I remember right, you have quite a tough fight up ahead.