Since the quest forum is not getting any love from SE I am going to try it here. I am sorry that I am opening this thread at the wrong place, but just want this to be fixed.

There are several people on the forums complaining about this quest. The companions keep dying before we can act on it. It seems like this happened somewhere during/after 1.19 implementation.

The problem is simply that you can not keep your companion alive. He randomly gets hit by something and dies, even if it is just for a little as 150HP.

I am 100% sure this is not the problem, so can you PLEASE look into this so people can actually move on? I am level 44 now and I am still stuck on this stupid quest.