The day has come, and I have finally finished my work on the excellent VIGILANT mod, by Vicn and the wonderful, talented community of translators that made it playable for us English speakers. Thank you all so much for your hard work, and for a story that puts vanilla story telling to shame. It was a blast working on and writing this story!
That being said... my first thoughts playing Vigilant were, "I'm not sure I would bring a follower to do this." and that is exactly how I designed this patch. Not to intrude on, overstep, or overshadow, even distract from the mod itself. It's story is beautiful, and I hope I matched it's pacing and beats. This is not a "bring your party to Coldharbour!!!" game. If you play that way, that's fine, but that is not how this is designed. It's not even really designed to bring anyone AT ALL. Just the way it is, and that's how I, in unique ways, integrated Gore, around that. Going to Coldharbour is not to be taken lightly.
There is integration, deeply so, for all three acts... however, your mileage may vary. As many of you know, I don't shy away from killing Gore if the situation calls for it. He is mortal, he is a simple person with simple abilities, and decisions can take him early, or take his life.
Honestly, the less I tell you about this patch, the better. I have kept so much of it hidden and under wraps, so if you want to go in blind, as intended, read only this: the recommended playing order for my patch is Find Gore at Peaks Shade Tower. Take him to any inn away from Falkreath, and speak to him about his name. Let him know its time to go, then leave. Say you could use a drink. Do the Drunken Hunted quest by asking about his appearance, his staring, and life with the Ravens, in particular about women in the camps. Tell him its time to go. Visit another inn. Tell him to relax, then that you are buying drinks. Do blood ties. Do not let him kill anyone he doesn't need to. Do both of his interludes, or the one if you don't romance him. Do House of Horrors in Markarth. Travel with him a bit. Go do Vigilant. Keep him with you during this quest, it will get hard, it will get ugly, but keep him with you. DO NOT TRUST ORLANDO. DO ALL 4 ACTS. Most importantly, do not dismiss him or tell him to relax while you go play Vigilant, or you will miss stuff. DO NOT RUSH THROUGH ACT 4. DO NOT. Go through, see, explore, there is no timer. There is no rush.
I worked so God damned hard on this, and I hope you like it, I really do. If you are going as recommended, stop reading now.
Walkthrough:
I will do this if it is needed. You'll be fine. Good luck, and remember... there is a happy ending for those that deserve one. <3
Credits: (Even these contain spoilers)
Dan Johnson, for once again working on Pate.
Kukielle, author of Daegon for her voice talent as J'hul.
Giamel, for the crib asset.
4thUnknown, for the dust jacket used in the armor.
swerifida, for BNP skins and allowing me to use it for Gore.
Mihail, for the bandage nifs.
Robby, author of Khajiit Will Follow for writing feedback, helping me deconflict this patch with his as much as possible, and for being a good friend to me.
Trinity, Kary, Foamimi, my most incredible beta testers, and all around great people.
Vicn, for Vigilant.
Translators and VAs, for the English patches.
Xtudo, for his numerous patches that make great additions.
You, for encouraging me.
Eden, none of this would be possible without your divine presence to motivate me. Rest in peace, my darling sister.
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If the items are not returned, it's no big deal as I could always console them back, but thought I'd ask and give some feedback.
ALSO... it appears Gore can sometimes simply arrive in Coldharbour (my friend showed this to me as we both play the same modpack) even when he didn't progress Gore's story enough for it to happen and everything was out of context. He said he got to the House of Horrors, completed it with Gore, but never did any of the interludes or quests prior, and definitely didn't take him through any of Vigilant. I believe it occurred after leaving the prison tower - Gore appearing out of the blue, looking quite ragged for wear and aged. Gore kept mentioning Jo-Lee , Pate etc., could not be asked to stop following or be killed, and the memory quest bugged out upon finishing Vigilant. Perhaps this is a potential bug. Sorry I don't have any more than that.