I'm replaying Oblivion for like the 18th time because it's my most favorite game of all time. This bug, I have never encountered before. Jauffre tasked me with locating Martin and talking to him about the second item he needs for the ritual -- an Aedric artifact, the armor of Tiber Septim -- and when I talk to him, no conversation option about the mission comes up. I've complete Allies for Bruma, and I've closed the gate, and I've retrieved a Daedric artifact, but this mission is not working.
Help!
I'm not sure I agree with the "Trivia" about the Crusader's Relics. The ritual specifically calls for "blood" of a divine, not "essence." In the case of the Daedric artifacts in the quest before, this makes sense because daedric artifacts are PART of the Daedric Prince. That are physical extensions of the Prince, just like everything on His plane. The Crusader Relics aren't the same thing. They are "gifts," blessed by the Divines, but they aren't PART of those divines. I'm not sure they would have counted as "blood."