Just found the hermit in Granite Falls...since I have the vampire expansion...let me tell u my adventure. When I entered through the briar, I visited the home there, shortly after a woman with vampire style hair and tattered clothing approached. I made convo with her, went fishing, caught the cool rare fish, collected blackberries, clippings to replant (since blackberries are rare), collected a map and some gems....( yet to look at the map). Long stort short...made friends with her, gave her my key. Back home, I invited her to a party. ( This gets the hermit to "you"). Did : testingcheats true, then "shift click" on the hermit, "edit in cas." Discovered she indeed was a vamp...but a good one. Left her character in tact, spiffed up her wardrobe, went live and revoked my key...(vampire) made nice and sent her on her way...fun stuff... moral of the story...with vamp exp pack your hermit just may be a vampire when u find em.