Description: ---------------- This mod will add a male follower to the game. His Basic race is Redguard, he's a combat sorcerer and uses fire, ice and lightning magic, as well as some little heals. He is essential and doesn't affect sneaking, he doesn't mind you doing crimes. He is set to help allies and friends in battle and can be married. He doesn't come with fancy armor or a weapon for a reason, just give him what you like to see on him and enjoy. He can be found in the Bannered Mare in Whiterun. Changelog: -------------- Adjusted head position. (It wasn’t correct for some reason) Tweaked his chin without changing his overall appearance. It should look way smoother now. Added black eyed version for those of you who don’t like his demon eyes. Requirements: ------------------- Skyrim, off course Recommended: --------------------- The follower will use your Standard bodymodel and face texture! In order to make him look exactly like he does in the screenshots though, you would need the following mods: Schlongs of Skyrim (just Google it, as I don't know if linking this file is allowed ;) ) Slimmer Body for SoS: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/58390 <-- third file in the download tab. Bodymaps for slimmer bodies: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/78050 Younger faces without beard: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/2488 <-- sixth file in the download tab Known issues: ------------------ Construction Kit: You can change his default outfit, inventory, weapons, stats or class in CK if you like, just don't touch his facegen data, and more importantly: DO NOT EXPORT THEM again, unless you know how to merge nif files! This will overwrite his look for good! CK isn't showing his hair at all, although it is there, and it won't show his eyes and brows unless you check the mods listed under required, too. As this is my first attempt in creating anything for Skyrim, just don't touch him if you're not sure what you're doing. :P Install: ---------- Use the modmanager of your choice or simply drag and drop the files to your Skyrim data Directory. For those of you who already have Kijiko Hair, True Eyes,and True brows installed: use the misc download. It doesn’t hurt to use the other one, as it will only overwrite named mod files with their originals, but you don’t have to overwrite anything if you use the second download. Uninstall: ------------- Delete the Arivain Alvarr Follower esp file from your Skyrim data directory, also delete the folder Arivain Alvarr Follower.esp from: Data\meshes\actors\character\facegendata\facegeom and Data\textures\actors\character\facegendata\face tint Permissions: ---------------- Do not upload this to any other site! Other than that, do as you wish with him, just don't tie him up and stuff, he likes his freedom. ;) Credits: ----------- Credits for his eyes and brows go to jimtownirish, check out his beautiful mods if you haven’t already: True Eyes: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49963 True Brows: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50307 Kijiko for her beautiful hairstyles goldiocks for converting them to Skyrim turulo for creating NPC Nifmerge - You saved my life! Any other credit goes to my ruined nerves, after spending a WHOLE weekend on CK, with all its crashes and limitations and other kinks driving me crazy! Elf Prince for encouraging me to go on trying even though I wanted to uninstall CK and destroy something. ;) Q&A: ------- Q: The guy is not showing up! A: He just loves to wander off or sitting down in a shady corner - seems that he likes to play hide and seek. Q: He doesn't look like he does on the screenshots! A: Either you're missing a file tagged as required, or you're using another body model and/or textures. Look at the recommended section for furhter Information. Q: He's so damn hot! Can I marry him?! A: Fortunately you can. ;) Q: Where can I get all the fancy items I saw on the screenshots?! A: Scarves - Use either of: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16660 // http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/63834 Glasses: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/70975 Weapon: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27463 Q: Are you using any ENB? A: Yup, it's an edited Version of the CoT/Vanilla version of the Letvian ENB, a part of the Baltic states ENB. Q: Anything else I need to know? A: Nope, but feel free to ask if there's still anything you LIKE to know. :) Background: ---------------- Raised by his Redguard mother, Arivain doesn’t know his father. His mother had always claimed, that he had Dunmer blood in him, and that his father was killed before he was born. He didn’t doubt that at first. Not until his mother was killed too, just when he was old enough to become and apprentice. With no parents who could take care of him, he was sent to an orphanage. Arivain had always been talented with magic, he knew a few ‚tricks‘, to attract people with, but on the inside, he had always been lonely. No one wanted to adopt him, and the other children avoided him too, because of his strange eyes. No one could look at them for too long. But when an old magician found him playing in the streets, showing off one of his little ‚tricks‘, he decided to take him home, and teach him all he could about magic, none the less. And Arivain had been a good student, very interested and talented. He dreamt of attending the academy, but he knew that he could never afford it. When the old mage passed away, Arivain was on his own again. Since he didn’t have a place to go, nor the money to go to the academy, he decided to find out about his roots, while trying to earn as much money as he could. He ended upserving as a mercenary in Whiterun, but since people didn’t trust him, nor wanted to be alone with him because of his strange eyes, he could hardly make the money to pay for his room.