I added to Emberhsard Mine a smelter, a tanning rack, an alchemy lab, an cooking spit, an enchanting table and a hunting bow and i removed the bandits. I made-it a sort of Dovahkiin hidden base of operations. Batman cave, if you want.

The hideout is useful if you want to:

-Be independent (and even alone if you wish) from the beginning (Like a true hero - unknown, unseen, but .. always on duty)
-Have access from the beginning to all tools needed for tough life in Skyrim.
-Not kill somebody in process of getting that (A true hero does not kill people, whatsoever)
-Not cheating to gain all above - consider the mine was yours from all the time.

Enjoy!

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Technical details:

- opened the Embershard mine in Creation Kit
- added smelter, tanning rack, alchemy lab, cooking spit and enchanting table
- deleted the bandits
- saved the file


Update in vs 1.1

1 - removed keyword "LocTypeBanditCamp" assigned to Embershard Mine, so radiant quest should not include this location anymore.

2 - added a hunting bow on the table near the smiting forge. If you exit Helgen without taking anything, you will find this useful.

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