I just completed his cursed ring quest and discovered that for some reason it stayed active in my journal. I'm not 100% certain, but I thought this was fixed by MPP ages ago, so I blame one of the plugins I have installed. Even though they shouldn't affect this particular fellow, but who knows? It might be a known issue with some mods, that I'm just not aware of. So my current load list is as follows:
[Game Files]
GameFile0=Bloodmoon.esm
GameFile1=GOTYMinImpactSomeMPPv2.01.esm
GameFile2=Morrowind Patch 1.6.5 Beta (BTB Edit).esm
GameFile3=Morrowind.esm
GameFile4=Poorly Placed Object Fix 1.2.esm
GameFile5=Texture Fix - Bloodmoon 1.1.esm
GameFile6=Texture Fix 2.0.esm
GameFile7=Tribunal.esm
GameFile8=Better Bloat.esp
GameFile9=BlightedAnimalsRetextured.esp
GameFile10=Bound Armor Bugfix (Rebalance).esp
GameFile11=Clean Glowing Atronachs.esp
GameFile12=Hide The Skooma.esp
GameFile13=HospitalityPapers.esp
GameFile14=Hurry Up.esp
GameFile15=Illy's Solsteim Rumour Fix.esp
GameFile16=MW Containers Animated.esp
GameFile17=More Inns.esp
GameFile18=PB_IngredientWeight.esp
GameFile19=PB_LegionUniforms.esp
GameFile20=PB_NoRestAldVelothi.esp
GameFile21=PB_SecretApperatus.esp
GameFile22=PB_SignpostsRetextured.esp
GameFile23=PB_SkaalHolly.esp
GameFile24=PotionSorter.esp
GameFile25=Skill Progress.esp
GameFile26=Syc_HerbalismforPurists (Pearl Bug Edit).esp
GameFile27=Syc_HerbalismforPurists_BM.esp
GameFile28=Syc_HerbalismforPurists_TB.esp
GameFile29=Talrivian's State-Based HP Mod v.2.2.esp
GameFile30=UMPP-fixes.esp
GameFile31=Unique Banners and Signs.esp
GameFile32=Vodunious Nuccius fix.ESP
GameFile33=Well Diversified.ESP
GameFile34=bcsounds.esp
GameFile35=db_attack_fixed.esp
GameFile36=set_timescale_to_8.ESP
Any idea which one reintroduced this little hickup back into my game? I'm thinking Slartibartfast's fix could do that, but I doubt it... I have absolutely no knowledge of how Morrowind dialogues and scripts work, so can't check myself ufortunately. Also is there a way to close the quest via console?