My rendition of Uthgerd

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I loved Uthgerd in vanilla Skyrim. She boxed, she wielded a greatsword, she came with plate armor and even gave you 100 septims if you could knock her out. What's not to like?!

Actually, there's quite a bit not to like... for starters, she's not even set up for 2h weapons. In vanilla Skyrim, she's a 1h combat class. Second, her stats are pretty mediocre and I found her to be pretty easy to break, contrary to her name. I also thought that a tough girl should look tough and Bethesda took the easy way out by giving a relatively bland looking girl a scar and some wrinkles and calling it a day.

Stats: I thought that if she had a 2h sword but 1h stats, I should pick one of the two and set up her up for it... but as I progressed with her remake, I decided since you get her early enough in the game (potentially she can be your 1st follower without even doing any real quests), why not make her whatever she needs to be? So I did. She levels 1h, 2h, Block, and Heavy Armor evenly. She'll tank, she'll DPS, she'll do whatever you need. Also, I gave her a bit of a boost in defense and resistances so she can carry to the higher levels regardless of how you equip her. To make it even better, take away her shield and she can dual wield for you if you don't have a suitable 2h weapon for her.

Looks: Take away the scar and the plate armor and she looks like a grandma. Believe me, I did - just to make sure... Not liking the idea of Uthgerd the Elderly, I set out to make her look tough without the wrinkles. Broken nose, pursed lips, manly jaw, low brow, they're all there. Then I did some research on bad-ass Norse warrior women and if Conan taught me anything, it's that their women love braids, face-paint, and fighting. Only the fighting part sounded like Uthgerd, so I gave her the other two.


Check out the Skyrim NPC's Reimagined page here:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=16612