I intend to upload the .mrh file in response to a couple of requests, but I have to find it first!

This was the first mod I ever uploaded to Nexus, back in Ye Olde Days when we had to carry the mods to Nexus HQ in a basket. Uphill! Both ways! In the snow! When I logged on recently (September 2023) Nexus notified me that somehow, my mods have had enough unique downloads that I'm now considered A Real Mod Author. This inspired me to indulge in a bit of nostalgia poking around my old mods, so here I am.

Dragon Age will always be my True Gaming Love. I hope that you enjoy the heck out of playing it, whether you're just starting your first playthrough or you've played so many times that you know more about Hawke's mother than your own don't get lost in the Deep Roads anymore.

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Description
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I've seen a lot of nice F!Couslands that are based on Eleanor, but they almost always have requests in the comments to make her look like she's Bryce's too. I tried to balance blending in Bryce's features with making a face that wasn't hideous.

This started with Eleanor's face but I made changes to many individual features. I intentionally did not give an exact copy of Bryce's nose or eyes or anything except eye color but tried to blend the settings on each feature to a mix of both parents.

Major alterations:

• eye color is the light blue of Bryce rather than the green of Eleanor
• eye contours are slightly less round and are set deeper than Eleanor
• lip contours result in a wider mouth like Bryce with a hint of a smile similar to Fergus while retaining fullness more like Eleanor
• jaw contours give a wider jaw and shorter chin than Eleanor
• nose contours are similar to Fergus with the tip and width shape more like Bryce but the size closer to Eleanor
• cheek contours give a fuller face than Eleanor with wider cheekbones
• hair color the same as Fergus in tone, but his is the dark brown default and hers is the light brown.
  

She's also not wearing any makeup, because really, who is going to put on eye shadow and blush and lipstick and whatever else while sleeping in a tent, getting Darkspawn blood regularly licked off her face by a mabari, and tromping back and forth across Ferelden? I also thought that freckles would be a natural result of the amount of time a warrior or rogue would likely spend in the sun either practicing or fighting.

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Additional Mods
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The hf_cousland_van.mop version (short pigtails) is created entirely from default DA:O resources and shouldn't require any other mods to work properly.

The hf_cousland_triss.mop version (loose wavy hair) requires Witcher Aesthetics.

The hf_cousland_braid.mop version (braided updo) requires the LOTC Hairstyle Collection.

The freckles in the hf_cousland_triss.mop and hf_cousland_braid.mop versions both require Dracomie's True Textures which is part of Dragon Age Redesigned (this doesn't require you to actually install DAR, just the textures).

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Installation
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- Extract Cousland.zip and copy or move the folder "Cousland" to:
\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override
(the beginning of the path will be different depending on your operating system).

- Use a program like CharGenMorph Compiler to merge the included chargenmorphcfg.xml with the one you're currently using.
http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/1876


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Uninstallation
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- Delete the folder "Cousland" from your overrides folder, and run a chargenmorphcfg.xml compiler to remove any entries that no longer matter.