Quick question: How common is the bug where when returning with Farkas from Proving Honor, Vilkas is not there to greet you in front of Jorrvaskr? I've personally only ever seen this one other time on a play through, and I thought it was mod related. Turns out it's not, as I'm playing with no mods save for the official DLC. Thankfully, Vilkas was just chilling inside and I continued that quest like normal, but still.

If you were able to continue the quest as normal, save for the fact that you had to go indoors to see Vilkas, is this really considered a bug?

I know, I'm not complaining. But, it is not how the quest is supposed to progress, therefore, a bug. I was more or less asking if this has been an issue for others since I initially thought it was mod related.

When returning to Whiterun and taking place in the ceremony inducting you into the Companions, some of the other participants in the ceremony may not be in place and therefore the cutscene will not activate. ?

(In your situation Vilkas is not there !!!!!)

Workaraound:

Stand in the general area of the gathering (the sparring area) and use the console to bring the missing NPCs to you (Vilkas should be summoned last because he actually starts the cutscene).

(In your case probably he's the only one that's missing)

First use prid then moveto player.

The RefIDs for the Companions are: Farkas (0001A693), Skjor (0001A691), Aela (0001A697), Kodlak (0001A68F), Vilkas (0001A695).

It's actually a problem caused by one of the official Skyrim updates--1.8 or 1.9, I think. The Update.esm file that was part of the official update messed up the condition in the AI package that is supposed to make Vilkas wait out in front of Jorrvaskr. So for people playing unmodded, this bug must actually be very common. Recent versions of the Unofficial Patch fix this issue, though, as does my Companions Guild mod.

did you fast travel to whiterun or to dragonsreach?

I have heard of issues with him appearing if you don't walk through the front gate with Farkas.

Just want to say... your enchanced Companions mod is awesome! Thanks.

Wow, seriously? Figures. Well, thanks for letting me know. That makes sense, since that issue only started for me with 1.9. I initially thought it was related to the unofficial patch itself as it was an older version I had installed, which I came to find out later, so I stopped using it and just went back to an unmodded game, at least for now. Thankfully it's not a serious issue, but it does break the flow of things, for sure.

I've had it happen once before, but that was back when I played on the 360 console; anyhow it seems to be a rare issue. The only work around in that case was to load a previous save, because the scene did not complete properly without Vilkas being present.