Welcome to the forty eighth installment to my Oblivion Immersion Series.  The knightly orders that appear in Cyrodiil were an interesting addition to the game.  First, there is the Knights of the White Stallion.  Second, there is the frat house order of the Knights of the Thorn. 

But where are the other orders for the remaining cities?  Did they just all decide to have their landed gentry not do anything useful?  Having a knightly order not only provided martial power, but also displayed wealth and prestige, which is something that pre-modern society would absolutely care about.  Not to mention that knighthood also served to fill in the lower nobility, which Cyrodiil is sorely lacking in.  Naturally, the number and wealth of the knights will scale with the wealth of the city they represent (and apparently the count of Leyawiin is a cheapskate lol).

So this mod adds a knights lodge for each city that previously lacked one.  None of them offer any quests, but per my usual they offer services as class trainers and merchants.  A few minor changes have been made to the Knights of the White Stallion and Knights of the Thorn.  Both have a basement added/rearranged with blacksmith and maid added as members, whom act as merchants.  Further, the shield model for the Knights of the Thorn was swapped out for the Cheydinhal guard shield to make it match the other knightly orders better.

This mod comes in two versions.  The first is the vanilla-esque version, where the Knights of the Wolf at Kvatch patrol the refugee camp for the duration of the game.  The knights at Kvatch ought to be doing something useful while the town guard launches the counter-offensive, right?  The second version is the Kvatch Rebuilt Patch, which makes use of building assets from it and restructures the AI to make the knights better fit the quest structure of KR.  Now, the knights will stay at their HQ prior to the attack on Kvatch, patrol the refugee camp once the city is demolished, and then return to their lodge after the Breaking the Siege of Kvatch quest is completed.   

Version 1.1 offers some minor bug fixes (see Change Log for details) and diversifies the AI of the knights to make them more involved in town life.  Some knights will now do things like visit the local armory, Fighters Guild chapter, chapel, or other acceptable location for a knight to patronize.

V1.2 makes no changes beyond re-cleaning the mod with the latest version of TES4Edit. 

Link to the Kvatch Rebuilt here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15412

Requirements
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Oblivion Version 1.2.0416

Installation Instructions
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Copy contents into your Oblivion data folder

Uninstallation Instructions
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Delete the esp, meshes, and textures

Optional Files
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For the KR Patch, the AI for the knights of Kvatch has been altered to better accommodate the quest structure of Kvatch Rebuilt.  The knights will remain at their lodge prior to the city's destruction during the main quest, protect the refugee camp during the siege, and return to their lodge once the siege has been broken and the KR questline begins.   

Further, extra building assets from Kvatch Rebuilt were incorporated to improve visual conformity with Kvatch Rebuilt.

The UL compatible versions relocate the lodges for Skingrad, Bravil, and Chorrol to make them compatible with the UL mods Skingrad Outskirts, Bravil Barrowfields, and Chorrol Hinterlands.  That is, all three at once in a single file.  I don't have the time to make individual versions for each and every possible combination. 

Incompatibility
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The vanilla version of this mod is not compatible with Kvatch Rebuilt.  The KR Patch is an alternative version made to address this.  See Optional Files for more.

Not compatible with Enhanced White Stallion Lodge by natcalsar.  Compatible with Jon's White Stallion Lodge and mostly compatible with White Stallion Lodge - True Knights Lodge.

The base versions of this mod are incompatible with UL - Skingrad Outskirts, Bravil Barrowfields, and Chorrol Hinterlands.  Optional alternatives are available to correct this. 

Not compatible with Open Cities based on user reports. 

Change Log
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V1.2:
 - cleaned with TES4Edit QuickAutoClean

V1.1:
 - added/corrected pathgridding to Chorrol, Skingrad, and Kvatch lodges
 - corrected object alignments in Kvatch and Skingrad lodges
 - corrected impassible door inside of the Kvatch lodge (non KR version only)
 - Diversified AI to include trips into town by some of the knights
 - Knights who make trips into town rendered essential
 - Revised locking AI routine to avoid locking the player into the lodge at night

V1.0:
 - initial release

Known Issues
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None at the moment

Troubleshooting
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Feel free to come to me with questions or issues and I will help as best as I can.  That said, please bear in mind that I am a novice modder and may not be able to offer much in the way of assistance.

Credits and Thanks
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Thanks to:

Bethesda Softworks
The makers of these wonderful resources
TES Nexus
LHammonds - Readme Generator
Nifskope
The UESP

Special thanks to Zaldir and mhahn13 for their assistance concerning assets from Kvatch Rebuilt
Special thanks to mixxa77 for their guidance on door locking AI

Meshes and textures provided from:

Zaldir, mhahn13, and the Kvatch Rebuilt Team - Kvatch Rebuilt
Lady Nerevar - Lady N's Paper Goods
   
Licensing and Legal
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Given the presence of Kvatch Rebuilt assets in this mod, any alterations made to this mod must comply with the terms and conditions specified on the Kvatch Rebuilt mod page. 

Otherwise, my usual permissions apply.  I am making this mod open to revision by the public.  If you have any ideas of how to expand or improve upon this mod, then go ahead.  No permission needed.  All I ask is that you give credit to me and to the creators of these resources. This mod and its contents may not be distributed commercially.