I finished the Dark Brotherhood questline, and had the female Dark Brotherhood Initiate follow me. When we were in Solstheim, I told her to wait. I completely forgot about her cause I was under attack by some of the guards, and left the city to fast travel away. She didnt follow me (of course) and when I remembered I left her behind, I went back to get her since I remember where I told her to wait, but she wasnt there. I searched all over the area, but I cant find her. Its been at least a week in game time and she still hasnt shown up at the Sanctuary at all. Its been long enough that I dont have a previous save to go back to, so I dont know how to find her. I play on the Playstation 3. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it!

I think if your follower waits too long they will go back to where there home is. If you go back to the
DB sanctuary she should be there.

I'm there now and I've searched it many times. She's not here at all. I've read a lot of different help things on how to find them/where to find them, but none have worked for me. Almost a whole week in game time has passed, and I havent gotten the 'Follower got tired of waiting' message at all. She's also not in the place I left her at.

Sometimes getting arrested can put them in your jail cell. Worth a try at least.

[Edit: oh yeah, save first.]

I might have to try that. Thanks.

It could take longer than a week in game. Sometimes a month sometimes longer.

That svcks. THanks for the help!

Alternate possibility: attack one of your DB buddies, sheathe weapon, pay 300 gold, again might fix things.

That was a good idea, but it didnt work ;-;

Edit: I think I'm just gonna wait till she returns. Thanks for the help guys.

since you left her in a dlc location it might take her longer to get back. possibly never. Hopefully her company is the only thing of value you lost. Have you tried to take another follower to see if she has infact dismissed herself?

btw nice user name. I have a bosmer named Red Wolf

"Have you tried to take another follower to see if she has infact dismissed herself?"

This is how I usually tell if my missing follower is still alive at least. If you can't take another follower then they will usually show up eventually. When this has happened to me I just went ahead alone, lost track of time, and it worked out eventually. At least you didn't lose a unique follower. The DB initiates are supposed to re-spawn if they get killed somewhere along the way.

Yes, it takes quite a while to swim back to the mainland from Solsthiem.

or she is looking for contracts in order to pay the fee for the boat.

I waited for a while longer in the Sanctuary and she ended up reappearing. I dont remember if I had her holding anything besides ebony daggers though, so I guess its no loss, lol

well that's cool she showed up.

Oh and welcome to the board.

Thanks, lol. I'm just glad she returned. She's a pretty good follower (Especially when sneaking)