Name: Mara's Protection - Gift of Immortality
Version: 1.6
Date: 4/29/2010
Category: Quests / Items and Objects
Author: Joben

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Requirements:
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Oblivion 1.2.416
Oblivion Script Extender
Homepage: http://obse.silverlock.org

This mod contains very brief unvoiced dialog; therefore Universal Silent Voice is recommended, but not required.

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Description:
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Find the legendary Mara's Bloom which allows you to make an NPC immortal (Essential.)
You can also use it to resurrect a dead NPC, forever binding their life to the bloom.

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Details:
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This mod's principle addition is a token item called Mara's Bloom that can be given (via a companion share mod)
or reverse-pickpocketed into an NPC's inventory. While they have it they will be Essential.
They become Un-Essential again if you take it away.

New in version 1.5: If you place the token in a dead NPC's inventory they will be resurrected.
However, if you do this their life will be bound to the bloom; If you take it away they will die again instantly.

The Bloom is incorporated into the gameworld and there is a simple quest to get it.
There is even a logical (by fantasy game standards :P ) backstory to explain making an NPC basically un-killable.
The quest is started by finding a book, which is in a logical place considering the subject matter. (Spoiler in the Readme if you can't find it.)

When you activate the mod you have the option of getting one or more flowers instantly for free.
This is for the sake of people who might want this simply as a utility mod to keep their companions alive.

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History:
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4/29/2010 - Version 1.6

Fixed bug introduced in previous version which made a certain enemy immortal.
Reformated book text.

1/20/2010 - Version 1.5

New texture, thanks to Room207.
Resurrection function implemented.
In-game messages explaining things that happen.

1/12/2010 - Version 1.0

First release.

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Credits:
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to WillieSea, without whom I could not script my way out of a paper bag.
Thanks to jaggedbubbles and Darkrider for feedback.
Thanks to DaMage for a useful suggestion regarding plant ingredients.
Thanks to Nottlong and Galvon for testing.
Thanks to anyone else on the TES Alliance forum who's help I overlooked.
Thanks to Room207 on the Nexus for making me a new texture.