i am having the same problem here :/ no soultions yet
I'm having the same problem, and talking with Delphine again doesn't start the quest. Anyone out there able to help???
im having a worse bug then all you guys.
so when i was on my way to karthspire, what happened was we got attacked by multiple dragons and i was bieng chased a lot. so it started when i found this vampire camp, which was really bad because they chased me first, so i ran into a river because it was supposed to guide me to where i wanted to go, well, by the time i got to karthspire, my horse was dead, two dragons were on my tail, my followers were no where near, and i was hiding under a dock from the dragons. so when i finally did get into the temple, esbern wasnt there, after making it past all the puzzles without his guidance, there was the blood seal. this was where i got stuck. because of esbern dissapearing he didnt come up and talk to me. so i didnt have the option to go and cut myself. so i went back out looking for esbern, but since i lost my followers on the way too the wall, and i didnt check my map at all, i had a hard time finding esbern, which i still havent done. i went back to his room in the ratways and he wasnt there, then i went back to the inn and ive tried finding him but its like he dissapeared off the face of skyrim. PS3 btw. also delphine wont exit the temple and shes basically living there now soooo, ah yeah. any help?
and no, i didnt fus ro da him off a mountain.