I've installed Hearthfire for the first time and 5 minutes into it I've already noticed that Bethesda have managed to outdo themselves and cram even more bugs into a game already crawling with bugs - Gregor the housecarl doesn't seem to exist in my game. He is not in the jarls longhouse or in/around any of my homesteads that I've purchased.
I've read that a few people have had this problem but can't find any solutions. I know I can use other followers and housecarls as a steward but a missing npc such as this annoys me. Can anyone shed any light on how to fix this and if indeed he'll ever return or is this yet another bug that we are just supposed to ignore and accept?