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This mod is part of my series to renovate vanilla characters with additional depth, unique history or personality, and immersive and detailed interaction.


"Honor is more than a word, more than a lofty standard set by the collective sentiment of the fearful... Honor is found in deeds alone."


How is Aela envisioned and touched on in this mod:

In this mod, Aela is expanded as a stoic and ferocious huntress, who despite her wild heart still holds out to the pursuit of honor.

Aela comes from a long line of Huntsmen and Shield Sisters. She grew up in the wilds, hunting beasts both great and small alongside her father. She dreamed of fighting beside her mother in Jorrvaskr, but her mother's untimely death drove Aela to seek the beast blood of Hircine to avenge her.

Since then, Aela has embraced the power of the wolf, using it to become a stronger huntress. With this power, she can tear apart the vermin that plague Skyrim - bandits, Falmer, and vampires alike. The Daedric blood of Hircine has become a core part of her identity, and she will not let anyone take it from her. She does not expect you to agree with her, but she will not suffer any disrespect.

The player can recruit Aela after completing the Companions questline, but her new dialogues would still be present even if you recruit her prematurely through other means.

In the mod, Aela has a stoic, pragmatic, yet honorable demeanor, who believes the ends justify the means and honor lies in the lives saved and the villains purged, not in how you do it.


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Features:
1. Expands Aela the Huntress with 950 lines, all voiced by high quality AI (see the video for reference)
2. Quest awareness for the Companions questline, vanilla main quest and DLC main quest, and many minor dungeon quests
3. Romance arc
4. New story-driven interactions for roleplaying opportunities
5. New romantic lines if she is married
6. Location-awareness, including cities and dungeons
7. Completely lore-friendly, expanding rather than completely rewriting the character
8. Recognition of the following custom followers (optional patches):
Inigo
Lucien
Auri
Remiel
Xelzaz
Thogra
Eris (Light and Shade)
Ma'kara (Khajiit Will Follow)
Sa'riq (Khajiit Will Follow)
9. Immerse into your game world as a character who lives in it, rather than taking over the show


The quests she reacts to in 5.0 are:

• Vanilla main quest
• Dawnguard main quest
• Dragonborn main quest
• Civil War
• The Forsworn Conspiracy
• No One Escapes Cidhna Mine
• Laid to Rest
• The Pale Lady
• A Daedra's Best Friend
• The Whispering Door
• Missing in Action
• The Mind of Madness
• Delayed Burial
• Azura: The Black Star
• A Night To Remember
• The Man Who Cried Wolf
• The Wolf Queen Awakened
• Repentance
• The Book of Love
• Frostflow Lighthouse
• Dark Ancestor
• Forgetting About Fjola
• Caught Red Handed
  

This mod is 100% compatible with any mod, including dialogue expansion mods from other authors.

Safe to add mid-save.

There is a potential for future expansion with Aela, including optional synergy with the overarching Shezarrine Saga




Q&A

1. How do I make Aela look like the video?
Bijin Warmaidens SE

2. Where do I find Aela?
Jorrvaskr in Whiterun

3. Safe to add mid-save?
Safe to add mid-save.

4. ESL?
ESL.

5. Compatible with...
Yes

6. Does she have any content related to your Shezarrine mod?
Not at the moment. If I add it in the future, it will be optional

7. Will there be a FOMOD for the custom follower patches?
You are free to make one, as long as it requires the original mod (this mod).
I don't know how to make FOMOD.

8. Can I recruit her before completing the Companion questline?
By default, no. But this mod still works if you use another mod to recruit her. It will assume you have already completed the Companions questline.


Check out my other mods!
Death Consumes All - DLC-Long Quest Mod
Thieves Guild Alternative Endings
Follower Dialogue Expansion - Brelyna Maryon
Follower Dialogue Expansion - Aela the Huntress
Follower Dialogue Expansion - Mjoll the Lioness
Follower Dialogue Expansion - Erik the Slayer
Follower Dialogue Expansion - Jordis the Sword-Maiden
Follower Dialogue Expansion - Lydia
Immersive Speech Dialogues
Caesia Follower
Stock Market of Skyrim
Livia Salvian Revamped

Credits:
Anbeegod - Writer, audio editor
ElevenLabs - Voice generation
rxkx22 - Screenshot

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