mcfinnie, were you using the http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6591 or http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=24167 mods by any chance?

No I wasn't, and that's the mystery of the whole situation.... where'd he come from... my old Morrowind installation? (yea, I know that's not possible)... strange... :mellow: