Name: Arkay's Champion
Version: 1.4 ESFan001 Edit
Date: 30/11/2007
Category: Quests
Requirements: Official Oblivion Patch 1.2.0416
Author: Lancillotto


Description
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This mod adds a brand new quest to the game. In order to start it you have to go to Cornelius Gauro's House,
located just north Of Cheydinhal, and steal his journal. Along with the journal you will also find two books.
One will tell you something about the former proprietor of the armor and sword of the quest, the other will
tell you everything you need to know about the new race of creatures you are going to face, the Araks.
Besides the new armor set, shield, sword, books and creatures you will also find some more new objects that are
functional to the quest. Last but not least upon completion of the quest you will earn 3 fame points.

Beware of the Araks, they are tough creatures!


Thanks for downloading my mod, if you enjoy it please do not forget to vote!



Details
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The new armor and longsword are only slightly better than the Daedric ones.
Nothing is enchanted since I wanted to leave to the players the freedom of
choosing their favoured enchantments.

*That optional file is a female version of the suit that I made. You will have have to plug in via the construction set.*

1.4 ESFan001 edit: Cleans up the esp file and adds in the female version of the armor and adds in a fix for the helm

Install
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1. Extract this archive to any folder, then copy the contents of my "Data" folder and paste them
   into your Oblivion's "Data" folder, then click "yes to all".
   (note: as you can see below all my folders have unique names, so there is absolutely
    no risk to overwrite any of your files).

2. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, and enable "Arkay's Champion.esp"


note: if you already installed a previous version of "Arkay's Champion" just overwrite the old files with the new ones.


Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the "Arkay's Champion.esp" file.
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod.

Oblivion\Data\meshes\armor\Arkay Champion\
Oblivion\Data\meshes\weapons\Arkay Sword\
Oblivion\Data\meshes\clutter\Arkay Champion\
Oblivion\Data\meshes\Crypt Coffin\
Oblivion\Data\meshes\Creatures\Arak\
Oblivion\Data\textures\armor\Arkay Champion\
Oblivion\Data\textures\weapons\Arkay Sword\
Oblivion\Data\textures\clutter\Arkay Champion\
Oblivion\Data\textures\Crypt Coffin\
Oblivion\Data\textures\Creatures\Arak\
Oblivion\Data\textures\menus\icons\armor\Arkay Champion\
Oblivion\Data\textures\menus\icons\weapons\Arkay Sword\
Oblivion\Data\textures\menus\icons\clutter\Arkay Champion
Oblivion\Data\textures\menus\icons\quest\icon_arkay_champion
Oblivion\Data\Arkay's Champion*.*

Note: "Oblivion\Data\meshes\Crypt Coffin\" is shared with my other mod "The Doomed King",
if you have the latter installed on your PC you may not want to delete this folder.


Upgrade
=======
1.3 this version makes the araks a little bit nastier than before.
1.2 this version addresses a problem reported with the shield (there was an extra alpha channel in its texture),
    and also fixes a bug regarding the spell "Beast of Burden".
1.1 this version substitutes the old sword with a new one with better mesh and textures.


Incompatibility
===============
None known. 

Known Issues or Bugs
====================
- Helmet may have clipping issues with beast races.
- One user reported a problem at the very beginning of the quest,
being literally knock down by a powerful arak shaman spell. I hope that
my latest versions solve the problem.
- One user reported an invisible shield, I hope that
my latest versions solve this problem too.

If you experience any problem/bug please report it on my forum thread
(link is provided in the very same web-page where you downloaded this mod).


Contact
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You can find me on the official Elder Scrolls forums as 'Lancillotto'


Credits
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion, the construction set and forums.

Thanks to all the people (to Rethska in particular) that gave me feedback so that I could identify and fix some problems. 

Tools Used
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TES Construction Set - http://www.theelderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_utilities.htm
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
NIFSkope - http://www.niftools.org
DDS Converter - http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=8698
3dsmax 7 - http://www.discreet.com/remote/3dsmax_resources
Gimp 2.0

Licensing/Legal
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You cannot use any of my meshes or textures without first asking me permission to do so.