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This is an authorized port from the original mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59231/?
A large player castle home for vampire characters, with a cathedral and a cemetary.
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Translations
- Spanish
- Russian
This is a port of the original mod: Raven Castle by Cirena.
All credits go to them and the people in the credits section.
Version 1.2.8 is now availiable on console as well! Though still a wip. I would like to state that I have no hand in this but I endorse it and will provide any technical support I can. Though I do not own a console and thus isn't able to test things myself.
Link to the console version:
https://bethesda.net/en/mods/skyrim/mod-detail/4021200
What's new? v3
ball room event now combined with feast.
reduced fps drop in library.
replaced all the low textured furnitures with the nolbe furniture (sorry low res textures had it for me).
adjusted some cells to better match the layout namely many of the towers.
New texture for the organ.
New Followers; BodyGuard standing in the Royal Bedroom. A wraith Laying in a coffin inside the Cathedral.
Changed The Guard Armors.
What's new? v1.2.8
1.2.8
I've had to make it a loose file version as packing it to a bsa resulted in missing meshes and textures
The knights are now followers for real this time
Added a steward which is also a follower for real this time
Fixed a seem in the tower walls
Fixed some lighting with the windows
Updated the windows so they all have glow
Fixed the prisoner event so there is an audience
Fixed a problem with the princess bed that said "someone else is using this"
added a new sky in the fortress
Some stunning pictures of the castle and the surroundings. By DonProtein
Recomended mods
Enhanced noble furniture: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/5265/?
I highly recommend this as it gives the forest a lot more feel to it without overgrassing the place: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/9185/?
Insanity's ebony sword replacer: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37645/?
I have used these meshes when I've created the weapon plagues on the walls and placements on tables so it might look better.
Behemoth the feathered dragon: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17473/?
(This will make the dragon resting on top of Raven mountain look more like a raven.)
safety load by kapaer: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/46465/?
Praktical version:
This mod adds a new area with a vampire castle.
The entrance is located in the mountains above Falkreath.
-RequiresDawnguard and Dragonborn.
RavenCastle is a Work in Progress, and will evolve further as we near version 1.0!
It is a huge player home with a Gothic/Dracula style theme.
To find the castle follow the road out of Falkreath to the east and keep your eyes on the right. A small road leads to Ancestor glade and bloodlet throne. Turn right at Ancestor glade towards Bloodlet throne -up the mountains. Follow the path and the entance turns up on the right side of the road.
If you have more trouble finding it open the console write "tmm 1" and look for the name "Raven Cave" in your map.
Details:
It started as a new version of Castle Orlok and quickly became too big. The intend was to make a castle of the meshes by Zardalu.
Since I am rather annoyed with things that look different on the outside than it is on the inside: a lot of care has gone into floor planning and making the exterior match the interior. A part of this is that I made sure that you should be able to access every tower and balchony visible from outside.
For the interior I chose the castle Volkihar since I like the gothic style of it, obviously look vampire-ish and is easily placed. Also it was the easiest way to make the windows appear on the inside.
You can fast travel from inside the castle if you get lost. Go explore it!
Events:
-Defend Raven Fortress-
To access the area use the doorway from executioner's hill. This will take
you to a fortress under siege by lycans. Once you enter speak to the
captain at the top of the middle tower. If you play on a high difficulty
or have an ill equipped character I recommend to take a follower or 3
with you. If you do not go up to the captain at the tower you'll have
time to walk around the place and have a look before the battle. This is
great if you want to place your followers around the place for a better
defense.
The History of Raven Castle:
In the beginning of raven castle king Varash unites the lands under one banner. Thus beginning the construction of raven castle. The chronicles of raven castle has a very clear point of view. Since those who write it down sides with the raven king. They begin their own timeline, the year of the raven, as king Varash unites the land as year 1.
After 20 years king Varash passes away with the castle partially complete. His son Calvan is crowned as the new king. He fortifies the castle's defenses and completes what his farther did not have the lifetime to do. The forest blooms and the castle stands strong as life flourishes under his reign. In the year 44 of the raven. Sightings of werewolves are seen running the forest at night. This forces Calvan to shut done the ebony mines out of safety for his people. He gatheres his army and marches to cleanse the forest of any werewolves they find. In the year 45 of the raven the werewolves are believed to be extinct. The ebony mines are opened once again as life slowly turns back to normal.
The following year king Calvan the Strong, as he became known after destroying the werewolf plague, passes away. His son takes up the crown with a promise to his people. "As my father before me, I shall take up the crown and resume the justly and fair rule of Raven castle." King Gorianth the swift, as he became known from his hunting passion. His two white hounds were well known for their tracking skills amoung the court. In his thurst for knowledge of the lands beyond, King Gorianth begins contructing a new wing in the castle. In the year 47 of the raven. The library is finished. Along with a trophy room with the trophies of king Gorianth's hunting adventures. King Gorianth often travelled far and wide within and outside of the borders. During his absence his son Pelenth was appointed to rule in his place. During one of these hunting trips the king becomes gravely wounded as he encounters werewolves in the forest. Almost the entire hunting party is killed but the king and a few others make it back to the castle. Days later king Gorianth the swift succumb to his wounds and is put to rest in the royal gardens.
As king Pelenth is crowned an announcement follows: "The wolf blood hurts us all!
The recent happenings resulting in the kings death sheds a new light over the threat looming in our very forest: The werewolves are still among us!
Precautions and severe punishments are now put in place to protect the castle and its inhabitants.
Such is the necessity for the following decrees:
Harbouring a werewolf, carrying the werewolf plague or failing to alert the proper authorities about the existence of one such creature, is punishable by death. The severity of the crime of spreading the werewolf plague deems it an offence judged by no trial and immediate sentencing.
Fear not citizens of Raven castle, the forest will be purged by the might of Meridia and her followers. Soon holy fires shall search through the forest in a relentless hunt of the unnatural threat!". But the deadra does not wish to help the purge of werewolves. As her hatret is to undeads not beasts. Pelenth makes a pact to Meridia to built her a grand cathedral in the forest. He promises to worship her as all his people will follow in his belief. In exchange Meridia will help him purge the forest of the wolf beasts. Thus in the year 51 of the raven the first stone to Meridia's grand cathedral has been placed. After this pact mounth's passes and there's no sighting of the werewolv plague anywhere. Pelenth redefines the beliefs of the divines. Claiming Meridia to be above the divines and should be worshipped as such. He declares herasy to all in the kingdom who does not share in this belief. In the year 56 of the raven. The cathedral is finished all ceremonies commences in the sight of Meridia. Pelenth also builts a small chapel inside raven castle where his farther was put to rest. Mounths later king Pelenth the favered, as he called himself, falls ill. After one mounth in his bed he passes away.
Karus first son of king Pelenth is crowned as the new raven king. He continues to worship Pelenth's beliefs of Meridia being above the divines. Elares the 2nd son of king Pelenth becomes the grand advicor to the king. To accommodate the growing need of outside export and import a new building is being added to the castle. The stables will be expanded and an entire new building will adorn the outside, functioning as a welcoming area for the merchants and travelers approaching Raven Castle. In the year 116 of the raven. 17th of first seed Queen Sil gives birth to a son. Shortly after the birth Elares leaves the castle on a journey. Years passes and the brothers speak almost not with eachother. Elares have in secret worked behind Karus' back turning the nobles against their king. To his own favor. As the king learns of this he excludes Elares from the court. But he does not send Elares away. As the year 130 7th of sun's dusk. The king is confined to his bedchamber. Elares have continuetly turned the nobles against the king in the hopes to usurb his throne once he dies.
In half a year the king dies in his bed. His son Sare is crowned. Queen Sil struggles desperatly to keep him on the throne though the nobles seem to be of another mind. Elares makes a pact with lord Harkon to bestow the gift of immortality to him. But Harkon requests that he is crowned king before bestowing that gift on him. This drives Elares over the edge. Obsessed with the crown and the gift of immortality. He seals off the lookout tower hanging over the chapel with young king Sare inside. Sare disappears and with the king gone queen Sil can no longer stop the nobles. Elares is crowned as king Sare starves to death in the tower.
Elares greets Harkon to the court and after the meeting Elares turns hatefull to the faith of Meridia. A declaration is written to the people.
The sudden death of our king shocked us greatly as did the disappearance of his son Sare. The royal family is in grief and the cause of all this is a coup instilled by the high priest who has been manipulating the young queen.
These delinquents have been swiftly persecuted and the high priest has been confined to the very cathedral he turned against the crown. In the protection and insurance of the existence of Raven Castle the forest and Cathedral have been purged of the foul daedra and the priests inciting treason.
Fear not kinsmen, we shall rise from this treachery as the descendant of Varash himself takes up the burden of the crown, leading Raven Castle towards a bright future.
Honor, and glory to Elares the Raven king!
The cathedral is aboandoned by the people but the priests seals it off. Attempting to preserve the deadra's powers. In his fury Elares Attacks the cathedral causing the deadra to scorch the lands. The forest witheres and dies as Elares turns to rid the cathedral of its inhabitants. He practices necromancy to raise the long dead ghost of high priest Vaclav to do his bidding. The ghost indeed lives up to Elares expectations. The remaining priests are burned at the stake though high priest Pereno is missing. After the priests are burned the ghost of Vaclav does not continue to rest. As Elares have broken the wall between the living and the dead. He haunts Elares driving him partially insane. Elares manages to seal him off in the very foundation of the castle. With constant nightmares and horrible visions King Elares is driven insane. He disappears from one day to another and is never heard from again.
Elares' son Varash II Is crowned as the new king of Raven Castle.
After the coronation the castle gets another visit from lord Harkon. Bestowing his gift of immortality to Varash II. Is thrilled as he is bestowed the gift of lord Harkon. He promises to serve his interests for as long as he lives. As Varash II's son is to be bestowed the gift he is repulsed by Harkon and his farther. In his rage he plots to get rid of his farther. As his farther discovers this he writes a letter in the hopes of getting aid from within Harkon's court. But during his writing he is assassinated by 3 people in black robes stabbing him multible times. Leaving only the bloody remains.
Varash III is crowned the new king shortly after his farther tragic murder. Despising Harkon he attempts to kill him as he arrives to bestow his gift. Several vampire hunters dies and Harkon escapes the trap. Infuriated Harkon declares war on the new king for his treachery. Infesting his lands with a curse causing the undead to rise from their resting places. Making the forest infriendly and very dangerous. The trade to the castle is stopped and the king lacks resources to repell Harkon.
Decree
In the days of my most esteemed ancestor Pelenth I our people fought the grave threat of werewolves in our forests. This day the threat is even greater! Vampires have infected our castle walls defiling everything our ancestors fought for.
Thus I make it my mission to purge the castle from this new threat and I will see the vampires and their influence driven out of our home! Furthermore I shall hereby be known as Pelenth II! Despite Pelenth II's best efforts his son turns to the enemy. Starting a revolution against Pelenth II. With the help of dark magic he creates a new species of soldiers. The combination of the feared orcs and the gargoyles. The forces of Pelenth II falls quickly to this new strong foe. Pelenth II is killed by his own son during the battle.
King Haner is crowned after the bloody battle. He commitions an expansion to the basement. Builting a chamber beside the prison for torture and the draining of fresh blood. In fear of loosing his power he passes the gift of vampirism to several nobles and officials. To insure that vampires will rule the castle in the future. He also enchants the Raven Crown to insure only the one in possession of the Raven Crown is able to control his new army. He enjoys a prosperous life and often holds great feasts for his court. Though still with the undeads in the forest he slowly drains the treasury. King Haner's queen gives birth to his Son Ralenthal. As soon as Ralenthal reaches the apropriate age Harkon comes to visit to recieve his tribute and bestow his gift on Ralenthal. Over the years Haner gains weight and can no longer walk. His never ending hunger for blood have caused him to overfeed for many years. He rules with an iron fist and tolerates nothing. Visioned with the purity of his own blood he wants the new child to be a vampire of his blood and not Harkon's. As Ralenthal's wife Sizarra gives birth to her child. Haner orders one of his nobles to turn her into a vampire. After realising that her child was a girl he is furious as she is no longer able to give birth. As Ralenthal learns of this he harness a deep hatret to his farther. Ralenthal turns his attention to alchemy in order to try to save the forest. But his attention is focused on his daughter, Alicia. As she grows up Harkon or his own farther will turn her into a vampire. In an attempt to prevent this he manages to create a potion. Along with a restoration ritual he will be able to prevent the disease from turning his daughter. As Haner attempts to turn her the ritual works preventing him from passing his accursed blood. Haner learns of Ralenthals doing and proclaims him an enemy of the crown.
Ralenthal is forced to flee the castle with his wife and daughter. Haner interrupts their escape and only Ralenthal gets away. Sizarra is sent to Harkon's court and Haner keeps Ralenthal's daughter. In a last attempt to turn her he intends to make her a pure blooded vampire by offering her to Molag Bal. Haner builts a large tower behind the library and makes a shrine to Molag Bal. As she is offered to Molag Bal a great battle breaks out. Hordes of Lycans are swarming the castle under the leadership of Ralenthal. Haner is imprisoned and when Ralenthal finaly finds his daughter she is now turned into a pureblooded vampire. In his anger Ralenthal sentences his farther to death. He is hanged on the executioners hill where he will choke until the morning sun burns him away.
Ralenthal is then crowned king of Raven Castle. He rebuilts the army but his farthers unfortunate habits have bled the treasury dry. He is unable to repay his tribute to the lycans for helping him claim his throne. The lycans demand the ebony mine as payment instead. Thus a war with the lycans breaks out as Ralenthal declines. Meanwhile lord Harkon learns of Haner's demise. Harkon threatens Ralenthal with the death of his wife if he does not honor their pact. Ralenthal is forced to honor the pact with Harkon's court. In order to repell the lycans. Once the lycans are repelled Ralenthal attempts a rescue of his wife. Harkon intervenes the rescue and captures Ralenthal. Presented in the guild hall of castle Volkihar Ralenthal watches as Harkon rips out Sizarra's heart. Strengthened by his fury he manages to break his bonds but even in his anger he's no match for lord Harkon. Ralenthal is killed by Harkons hand. As his lifeless body falls to the ground Harkon orders for a letter to be sent to Raven Castle. In a demand that Alicia will honor his pact. He sends the ashes of Ralenthal and his wife Sizarra with the letter.
Alicia is crowned queen of Raven Castle. Ralenthal and Sizarra is buried side by side in the castle's small cemetary outside the Chapel. Alicia is forced to honor the pact made to Harkon. Under her short rule the castle is slowly returning to it's former glory. A new threat looms as the vigilants of stendarr's headquarters in Skyrim is burned to the ground. The Dawnguard. Alicia vanishes leaving Raven Castle with no heir to the throne. As the days pass it is heard far and wide of Harkon's demise. The Dragonborn of legend have killed lord Harkon. It is declared that the Dragonborn will serve as the new ruler in the absence of the royal blood. The broken bloodline is now in the hands of the Dragonborn.
Video previews:
Skyrim mods weekly, in the company of pee (9:50):
In german but some good shots (8:45):
Thanks to the people who filmed and reviewed my mod.
Keep in mind this is a work in progress and it has been updated and changed since the video footage of these previews.
-Events-
The very first event in Raven castle is now finished.
-Defend Raven Fortress-
To access the area use the doorway from executioner's hill. This will take you to a fortress under siege by lycans. Once you enter speak to the captain at the top of the middle tower. If you play on a high difficulty or have an ill equipped character I recommend to take a follower or 3 with you. If you do not go up to the captain at the tower you'll have time to walk around the place and have a look before the battle. This is great if you want to place your followers around the place for a better defense.
-In progress/future plans-
Intro Quest
A small intro quest where the player needs to find the Raven Crown thus becomming the next ruler of the castle.
-Ballroom event-
Allowing you to hold a ball. I will be removing all the npcs in the ballroom. Instead making the nobles around the castle meet up at the ballroom. I might tie this with the feast event in the dining hall.
-Dining event-
Throwing a feast is not something that should happen everyday. Thus I'll be removing all the npcs in that room. Once the player then decide to hold a feast the nobles from the castle itself will come sit and eat. I might tie this with the ball event.
-Throneroom event-
When sitting on the throne in the throne room. A visitor will approach and the player will listen to their request.
-Courtroom event-
Passing sentance on a crime once in a while.
-Training event-
Speaking with the battle master will let the player have a fight with one of his men. Allowing the player to teach the guards a thing or two.
-Council event-
Once every month the council will assemble. The player will then decide the focus of the castle's assets for the next month. This will have a number of different outcomes at the end of the month.
-Teacher history teaching the castle history in the royal library- A simple monolog
-Chapel priest preaching the religion of raven castle- A simple monolog
-Making the alternative skies set to always night.
-It requires Dawnguard and Dragonborn, there is no exception to this.
-It is not lore friendly. I'm working on making it so.
-I do not like house mods where you can go "Fus ro dah!" and everything flies around so all the clutter is static meshes.
-Nor am I a fan of collecting stuff and show it off so there won't be any mannequins or plaques in the castle it's just... Eyecandy!
-Walking on the roof of the castle may cause you to fall through, save yourself with the fast travel markers or dont stand on the roof.
-There has been alot of talk about making a quest line and a dungeon out of it. There are quite a few reasons why I won't do this. First off I know very little of making quests and the time it takes to learn that alone is a reason. This project started because I wanted a castle and noone had made one to my standards. Lastly it is still very far from being finished and I have other plans for future expansions to be made.
-I know there is an FPS loss in the library.
-The castle rooms are filled with clutter, furniture and NPC's. To achieve this I have a lot of cells. This means a lot of load doors. They are well worth the wait though!
I applaud translations but if you want to upload it somewhere else release the esp there and link to this page for the main file.
I want to be notified if you want to use it for your own purpose. If you want to use my mod for anything ask me by post from nexus before you start. You can contact me by posting a comment or send a pm on nexus.
--I do not want my mod uploaded anywhere else than the Nexus site.--
Thanks a lot for the beautiful work on meshes and textures from:
Vampirecastle by Zardalu
Witchwood cabin by Reaper9111 -Also thanks for the many pointers I have gotten from you!
Graves of Falkreath by dj2005
General stores by Harvey2112
Open books by Blary
FoodContainer by Blary
Potionshelf by Blary
Paintings and frames by Artisanix
Stroti Organs
Stroti Manor
Stroti RessourcePack
Stroti Castle Furniture
Stroti OvenRessource
Runspectresources for modders
Tony67 scrollshelves
Oaristys modder's resource pack
BrettM FPI researchpack
Rustic windows by Gamwich
City Banner replacer by Insanity
Sizirri for navigation mesh, the Raven Crest and banners, custom paintings/portraits, description-writing and telling me where I can place another gargoyle.
LOD creation by Aragorn58
Candles by nostromo79
Vege mesh by refurbmadness
Plants by tamira
You guys are awesome and Raven Castle wouldn't be the same without your work!
--If you see your resource haven't been creditted send me a message and I'll correct it as soon as possible!--
I hope you have as much fun exploring Raven Castle as I have!
-Cirena
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Changelog
What's new 0.7
Some lighting fixes
more rooms decorated
NPCs Guards
New Throne
Exterior detail
New Princess bed
Raven mountain shrine have been erased and replased. More will come to that when I have permission to do so.
NPCs Have been added to:
The exterior
Entrance Hall
Ball Room
Private stairway
Throne room
New Rooms:
Guest Tower 1
Guest Tower 2
Guest Tower 3
Guest Tower 4
Library
Library Srudy
Library Tower
Forbidden Library
Trophy Room
Forbidden Tower
What's new 0.7.2
lighting in dining hall (small change)
npcs in dining hall
dark faces fixed
What's new 0.8
Dining hall lighting
Ballroom guards repositioned
changed the doors in knight's quarter to load doors (to make sure followers stay inside)
Removed the dagger from the jester
Moved the tables in labrary study further away from eachother
minor fixes to the clutter
Chairs in the dining hall given more space
Finished Noble Quarter
Servants quarter
Gate hall/tower
What's new 0.9
Nobles quarter opened
Servants quarter/kitchen
Gate hall
New Tree Meshes
Unique Blood tree
Redone the gardens
New Mountains Rocks instead of dirt mounds
Passage from the private stair to the throne room
Altered the Princess' tower
More lighting updates
Added a chapel in the Royal garden
Altered the torture room
Made adjustments to the royal bath
Remade the front of the cathedral
Altered the Raven Mountain and the path to the top
Decorated the courtyard
New stable
0.9.2
LODs
v1
Shop NPCs
Containers, chests and cabins added are now containers.
added treasury income chest added (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
Added respawning supply chest in the smithy (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
added enchanting box with respawning grand soul gems (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
added alchemy satchel with respawning alchemy ingredients (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
NPC's mood towards the player (should be a little better)
More easter eggs
Fixed alignment of some floor/wall/roof pieces not aligned in the crypt
adjusted Cathedral lighting
Adjusted lighting in the crypt
Raven Guardian rests at the top of raven mountain
Adjusted Library to lag less and added books to the containers
Added Underground Cave access from alchemy tower
New Chandeliers in the ballroom, throne room and dining hall
New candles around the finer parts of the castle
Added princess book caontaining each of every book in the game
Added Each of every book to the containers in the library
Fixed clipping of some sithis glass going through the stairs in library tower
Added a book explaining the castle's history
You might wanna carry a weapon with you when you wander around the forest and some parts of the castle
1.1
Minor hotfix for the Meridia quest starting upon killing Vaclav.
1.2
Sorted navmash so followers should be able to walk all the way to the castle now.
Placed a few more trees in the roadside towards the castle.
Opened the path to the castle so it isn't so overgrown.
Made adjustments to some stairways so they have rails.
Slight change to the cathedral.
1.2.3
Sorted incorrect navmesh in noble's tower, noble's hallway, royal garden and bath room.
Adjusted the Royal bedroom so the room itself isn't a walkway to get further up.
Adjusted the outside windows to match the new change in the Royal bedroom.
Added a child bed in the Royal tower. So far the only one.
Added an extra servant outside the princess tower.
Corrected the floating door in one of the terraces.
1.2.4
Corrected guards sitting on the chairs in the council hall.
Added more grass around the exterior.
Added new tombstones to the graveyard.
Made the tarrace above the royal garden covered.
1.2.5
Changed some guard posting
Adjusted the princess' bed so there isn't two beds on top of eachother
Added new princess med sheets
Added more lights in the tower stairs of the royal section of the castle
Added a coffin to the princess tower
More lighting adjustments an ,issue with the lighting in the stairway have forced me to make a small change to the cell.
Adjusted a door in noble quarters that had sunken into the floor
Adjusted the window lights with the relativly same effect but less beams should look better for the enb users
Adjusted the throne cover so it no longer gives a marker for you to sleep there
Adjusted floating books in library tower
Changed the bookshelves in library tower to reduce fps loss
Added new secret doors with the Volkihar texture to make them much less obvious Some are actually hard to see now
Adjusted windows in nobletower and gave them a better frame
Moved the exit from the escape tunnel so even normal/tall people can get out of the castle from there
Adjusted a prison guard patrol that was porting due to poorly made navmeshing
Flipped a door in the guard resting area so it's now facing the right way
Moved the family portait from the office to the ballroom
Adjusted floating cooks that apparently started flying when they where working
Changed torturor voice from "old kindly" to "brute"
Made a passage over the marsh from the secret exit tunnel
Adjusted the road mist so you don't walk under the mist on the way to the top of the castle
Added Royal Raven Crown
Added vol 2 and 3 of the castle's history
1.2.6
-Important!- Due to the change in the quest I recommend that everyone who completed the quest makes a clean install before upgrading to the new version.
-Replaced fog over the water again the one from SC looked terrible
-Adjusted the raven crown so it can be worn with a circlet
-Fixed several flotong objects around the place
-Adjusted the quest for the fortress defence per Aragorn58's instructions so it should progress after the courtyard now
-gave all the paintings their own texture path. I get sad when I see you taking those nice pictures of my place and then I see Talos instead of a king portrait.
-Added toggles to the npcs in the ballroom, dining hall, noble tower, knights' hall, council tower and the royal library area. All these can be toggled on off from the royal office. I've placed scrolls that indicate what they are changing. I placed them there deliberately so that there were no visual porting for the npcs. Also as a note there's no sound effect or otherwise to tell you if they are there or not. Since it's only a momentary feature I don't plan to make that much more off it.
-Added the files to a bsa
1.2.62
Fixed a bug where Vaclav chills around riften
Fixed a bug where the Raven guardian appears with the dragon in labyrinthian
1.2.7
The knights are now followers
Added a steward which is also a follower
Changed the dog in the kitchen to a husky Also a follower
Remade gate hall 1st floor into a guard quarter
The former guard quarter is now the upperclass quarters
The servants quarter is now only for the female servants
The male servants have been moved to the smithy rooms
All unique npc servants and a good portion of the guards now have daily schedules
The knights council, the high council, court trial and school event is no longer required to be activated
1.2.8
The knights are now followers for real this time
Added a steward which is also a follower for real this time
Fixed a seem in the tower walls
Fixed some lighting with the windows
Updated the windows so they all have glow
Fixed the prisoner event so there is an audience
Fixed a problem with the princess bed that said "someone else is using this"
added a new sky in the fortress
--------------Completed Raven Castle Rooms--------------
-Exterior Forest-
Raven Cave/Forest Entrance
Barrows
Blood Tree
Raven Mountain
Cemetary
-Cathedral-
Cathedral 1st floor
Cathedral Stairs
Cathedral Bell Tower
Crypt
-Center Building-
Entrance Hall
Ball Room
Grand Hallway
Private Stairway
Royal Quarters
Royal Bedroom
Royal Study
Main Tower
Black Tower
Princess Tower
Alchemy Tower
Guest Tower 1
Guest Tower 2
Guest Tower 3
Guest Tower 4
-East Wing-
Throne Room
Throne Room Access Stair
-Eastern Building-
Accountance room
Treasury
Bath Room
Garden Chambers
Private study
Royal Office/Living Room
Royal Garden Tower
Overlook Tower
Royal Tower
-West Wing-
Library
Library Study
Library Tower
Forbidden Library
Trophy Room
Forbidden Tower
Dining Hall
Kitchen
Servant's quarters
Servant's Tower
Cornor tower
-West Tower-
Noble's Hallway
Noble's Tower
Noble Quaters
Noble's Room 1
Noble's Room 2
Noble's Room 3
Noble's Room 4
Advicor's Quarters
Advicor's Tower
-South-West Wing-
Guard quarters
Smithy
Smithy Room 1
Smithy Room 2
Smithy Room 3
Smithy Room 4
Smithy Room 5
Armory
Armory Tower
Barracks Resting Quarters
Guard Tower
-South-East Wing-
Knight's Hall
War Room
Knight's Quarters
Knight's Rooms 1
Knight's Rooms 2
Knight's Rooms 3
Knight's Rooms 4
Knight's Rooms 5
Knight's Rooms 6
Knight's Rooms 7
Lookout tower
Council tower
Council tower top
-Basmenet-
Prison
Basement
Torture Room
Wine Celler
-Southern Courtyard-
Gate Guard Tower
Gate Tower Tunnel
Gate Lookout Tower
Gate Hall
Gate Hall Stairs
Gate Hall south Tower
Gate Hall north Tower
Gate Hall 1st floor
Gate Hall center Tower
-Royal Garden-
Chapel
All credits go to them and the people in the credits section.
Version 1.2.8 is now availiable on console as well! Though still a wip. I would like to state that I have no hand in this but I endorse it and will provide any technical support I can. Though I do not own a console and thus isn't able to test things myself.
Link to the console version:
https://bethesda.net/en/mods/skyrim/mod-detail/4021200
What's new? v3
ball room event now combined with feast.
reduced fps drop in library.
replaced all the low textured furnitures with the nolbe furniture (sorry low res textures had it for me).
adjusted some cells to better match the layout namely many of the towers.
New texture for the organ.
New Followers; BodyGuard standing in the Royal Bedroom. A wraith Laying in a coffin inside the Cathedral.
Changed The Guard Armors.
What's new? v1.2.8
1.2.8
I've had to make it a loose file version as packing it to a bsa resulted in missing meshes and textures
The knights are now followers for real this time
Added a steward which is also a follower for real this time
Fixed a seem in the tower walls
Fixed some lighting with the windows
Updated the windows so they all have glow
Fixed the prisoner event so there is an audience
Fixed a problem with the princess bed that said "someone else is using this"
added a new sky in the fortress
Some stunning pictures of the castle and the surroundings. By DonProtein
Recomended mods
Enhanced noble furniture: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/5265/?
I highly recommend this as it gives the forest a lot more feel to it without overgrassing the place: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/9185/?
Insanity's ebony sword replacer: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37645/?
I have used these meshes when I've created the weapon plagues on the walls and placements on tables so it might look better.
Behemoth the feathered dragon: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17473/?
(This will make the dragon resting on top of Raven mountain look more like a raven.)
safety load by kapaer: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/46465/?
Praktical version:
This mod adds a new area with a vampire castle.
The entrance is located in the mountains above Falkreath.
-RequiresDawnguard and Dragonborn.
RavenCastle is a Work in Progress, and will evolve further as we near version 1.0!
It is a huge player home with a Gothic/Dracula style theme.
To find the castle follow the road out of Falkreath to the east and keep your eyes on the right. A small road leads to Ancestor glade and bloodlet throne. Turn right at Ancestor glade towards Bloodlet throne -up the mountains. Follow the path and the entance turns up on the right side of the road.
If you have more trouble finding it open the console write "tmm 1" and look for the name "Raven Cave" in your map.
Details:
It started as a new version of Castle Orlok and quickly became too big. The intend was to make a castle of the meshes by Zardalu.
Since I am rather annoyed with things that look different on the outside than it is on the inside: a lot of care has gone into floor planning and making the exterior match the interior. A part of this is that I made sure that you should be able to access every tower and balchony visible from outside.
For the interior I chose the castle Volkihar since I like the gothic style of it, obviously look vampire-ish and is easily placed. Also it was the easiest way to make the windows appear on the inside.
You can fast travel from inside the castle if you get lost. Go explore it!
Events:
-Defend Raven Fortress-
To access the area use the doorway from executioner's hill. This will take
you to a fortress under siege by lycans. Once you enter speak to the
captain at the top of the middle tower. If you play on a high difficulty
or have an ill equipped character I recommend to take a follower or 3
with you. If you do not go up to the captain at the tower you'll have
time to walk around the place and have a look before the battle. This is
great if you want to place your followers around the place for a better
defense.
The History of Raven Castle:
In the beginning of raven castle king Varash unites the lands under one banner. Thus beginning the construction of raven castle. The chronicles of raven castle has a very clear point of view. Since those who write it down sides with the raven king. They begin their own timeline, the year of the raven, as king Varash unites the land as year 1.
After 20 years king Varash passes away with the castle partially complete. His son Calvan is crowned as the new king. He fortifies the castle's defenses and completes what his farther did not have the lifetime to do. The forest blooms and the castle stands strong as life flourishes under his reign. In the year 44 of the raven. Sightings of werewolves are seen running the forest at night. This forces Calvan to shut done the ebony mines out of safety for his people. He gatheres his army and marches to cleanse the forest of any werewolves they find. In the year 45 of the raven the werewolves are believed to be extinct. The ebony mines are opened once again as life slowly turns back to normal.
The following year king Calvan the Strong, as he became known after destroying the werewolf plague, passes away. His son takes up the crown with a promise to his people. "As my father before me, I shall take up the crown and resume the justly and fair rule of Raven castle." King Gorianth the swift, as he became known from his hunting passion. His two white hounds were well known for their tracking skills amoung the court. In his thurst for knowledge of the lands beyond, King Gorianth begins contructing a new wing in the castle. In the year 47 of the raven. The library is finished. Along with a trophy room with the trophies of king Gorianth's hunting adventures. King Gorianth often travelled far and wide within and outside of the borders. During his absence his son Pelenth was appointed to rule in his place. During one of these hunting trips the king becomes gravely wounded as he encounters werewolves in the forest. Almost the entire hunting party is killed but the king and a few others make it back to the castle. Days later king Gorianth the swift succumb to his wounds and is put to rest in the royal gardens.
As king Pelenth is crowned an announcement follows: "The wolf blood hurts us all!
The recent happenings resulting in the kings death sheds a new light over the threat looming in our very forest: The werewolves are still among us!
Precautions and severe punishments are now put in place to protect the castle and its inhabitants.
Such is the necessity for the following decrees:
Harbouring a werewolf, carrying the werewolf plague or failing to alert the proper authorities about the existence of one such creature, is punishable by death. The severity of the crime of spreading the werewolf plague deems it an offence judged by no trial and immediate sentencing.
Fear not citizens of Raven castle, the forest will be purged by the might of Meridia and her followers. Soon holy fires shall search through the forest in a relentless hunt of the unnatural threat!". But the deadra does not wish to help the purge of werewolves. As her hatret is to undeads not beasts. Pelenth makes a pact to Meridia to built her a grand cathedral in the forest. He promises to worship her as all his people will follow in his belief. In exchange Meridia will help him purge the forest of the wolf beasts. Thus in the year 51 of the raven the first stone to Meridia's grand cathedral has been placed. After this pact mounth's passes and there's no sighting of the werewolv plague anywhere. Pelenth redefines the beliefs of the divines. Claiming Meridia to be above the divines and should be worshipped as such. He declares herasy to all in the kingdom who does not share in this belief. In the year 56 of the raven. The cathedral is finished all ceremonies commences in the sight of Meridia. Pelenth also builts a small chapel inside raven castle where his farther was put to rest. Mounths later king Pelenth the favered, as he called himself, falls ill. After one mounth in his bed he passes away.
Karus first son of king Pelenth is crowned as the new raven king. He continues to worship Pelenth's beliefs of Meridia being above the divines. Elares the 2nd son of king Pelenth becomes the grand advicor to the king. To accommodate the growing need of outside export and import a new building is being added to the castle. The stables will be expanded and an entire new building will adorn the outside, functioning as a welcoming area for the merchants and travelers approaching Raven Castle. In the year 116 of the raven. 17th of first seed Queen Sil gives birth to a son. Shortly after the birth Elares leaves the castle on a journey. Years passes and the brothers speak almost not with eachother. Elares have in secret worked behind Karus' back turning the nobles against their king. To his own favor. As the king learns of this he excludes Elares from the court. But he does not send Elares away. As the year 130 7th of sun's dusk. The king is confined to his bedchamber. Elares have continuetly turned the nobles against the king in the hopes to usurb his throne once he dies.
In half a year the king dies in his bed. His son Sare is crowned. Queen Sil struggles desperatly to keep him on the throne though the nobles seem to be of another mind. Elares makes a pact with lord Harkon to bestow the gift of immortality to him. But Harkon requests that he is crowned king before bestowing that gift on him. This drives Elares over the edge. Obsessed with the crown and the gift of immortality. He seals off the lookout tower hanging over the chapel with young king Sare inside. Sare disappears and with the king gone queen Sil can no longer stop the nobles. Elares is crowned as king Sare starves to death in the tower.
Elares greets Harkon to the court and after the meeting Elares turns hatefull to the faith of Meridia. A declaration is written to the people.
The sudden death of our king shocked us greatly as did the disappearance of his son Sare. The royal family is in grief and the cause of all this is a coup instilled by the high priest who has been manipulating the young queen.
These delinquents have been swiftly persecuted and the high priest has been confined to the very cathedral he turned against the crown. In the protection and insurance of the existence of Raven Castle the forest and Cathedral have been purged of the foul daedra and the priests inciting treason.
Fear not kinsmen, we shall rise from this treachery as the descendant of Varash himself takes up the burden of the crown, leading Raven Castle towards a bright future.
Honor, and glory to Elares the Raven king!
The cathedral is aboandoned by the people but the priests seals it off. Attempting to preserve the deadra's powers. In his fury Elares Attacks the cathedral causing the deadra to scorch the lands. The forest witheres and dies as Elares turns to rid the cathedral of its inhabitants. He practices necromancy to raise the long dead ghost of high priest Vaclav to do his bidding. The ghost indeed lives up to Elares expectations. The remaining priests are burned at the stake though high priest Pereno is missing. After the priests are burned the ghost of Vaclav does not continue to rest. As Elares have broken the wall between the living and the dead. He haunts Elares driving him partially insane. Elares manages to seal him off in the very foundation of the castle. With constant nightmares and horrible visions King Elares is driven insane. He disappears from one day to another and is never heard from again.
Elares' son Varash II Is crowned as the new king of Raven Castle.
After the coronation the castle gets another visit from lord Harkon. Bestowing his gift of immortality to Varash II. Is thrilled as he is bestowed the gift of lord Harkon. He promises to serve his interests for as long as he lives. As Varash II's son is to be bestowed the gift he is repulsed by Harkon and his farther. In his rage he plots to get rid of his farther. As his farther discovers this he writes a letter in the hopes of getting aid from within Harkon's court. But during his writing he is assassinated by 3 people in black robes stabbing him multible times. Leaving only the bloody remains.
Varash III is crowned the new king shortly after his farther tragic murder. Despising Harkon he attempts to kill him as he arrives to bestow his gift. Several vampire hunters dies and Harkon escapes the trap. Infuriated Harkon declares war on the new king for his treachery. Infesting his lands with a curse causing the undead to rise from their resting places. Making the forest infriendly and very dangerous. The trade to the castle is stopped and the king lacks resources to repell Harkon.
Decree
In the days of my most esteemed ancestor Pelenth I our people fought the grave threat of werewolves in our forests. This day the threat is even greater! Vampires have infected our castle walls defiling everything our ancestors fought for.
Thus I make it my mission to purge the castle from this new threat and I will see the vampires and their influence driven out of our home! Furthermore I shall hereby be known as Pelenth II! Despite Pelenth II's best efforts his son turns to the enemy. Starting a revolution against Pelenth II. With the help of dark magic he creates a new species of soldiers. The combination of the feared orcs and the gargoyles. The forces of Pelenth II falls quickly to this new strong foe. Pelenth II is killed by his own son during the battle.
King Haner is crowned after the bloody battle. He commitions an expansion to the basement. Builting a chamber beside the prison for torture and the draining of fresh blood. In fear of loosing his power he passes the gift of vampirism to several nobles and officials. To insure that vampires will rule the castle in the future. He also enchants the Raven Crown to insure only the one in possession of the Raven Crown is able to control his new army. He enjoys a prosperous life and often holds great feasts for his court. Though still with the undeads in the forest he slowly drains the treasury. King Haner's queen gives birth to his Son Ralenthal. As soon as Ralenthal reaches the apropriate age Harkon comes to visit to recieve his tribute and bestow his gift on Ralenthal. Over the years Haner gains weight and can no longer walk. His never ending hunger for blood have caused him to overfeed for many years. He rules with an iron fist and tolerates nothing. Visioned with the purity of his own blood he wants the new child to be a vampire of his blood and not Harkon's. As Ralenthal's wife Sizarra gives birth to her child. Haner orders one of his nobles to turn her into a vampire. After realising that her child was a girl he is furious as she is no longer able to give birth. As Ralenthal learns of this he harness a deep hatret to his farther. Ralenthal turns his attention to alchemy in order to try to save the forest. But his attention is focused on his daughter, Alicia. As she grows up Harkon or his own farther will turn her into a vampire. In an attempt to prevent this he manages to create a potion. Along with a restoration ritual he will be able to prevent the disease from turning his daughter. As Haner attempts to turn her the ritual works preventing him from passing his accursed blood. Haner learns of Ralenthals doing and proclaims him an enemy of the crown.
Ralenthal is forced to flee the castle with his wife and daughter. Haner interrupts their escape and only Ralenthal gets away. Sizarra is sent to Harkon's court and Haner keeps Ralenthal's daughter. In a last attempt to turn her he intends to make her a pure blooded vampire by offering her to Molag Bal. Haner builts a large tower behind the library and makes a shrine to Molag Bal. As she is offered to Molag Bal a great battle breaks out. Hordes of Lycans are swarming the castle under the leadership of Ralenthal. Haner is imprisoned and when Ralenthal finaly finds his daughter she is now turned into a pureblooded vampire. In his anger Ralenthal sentences his farther to death. He is hanged on the executioners hill where he will choke until the morning sun burns him away.
Ralenthal is then crowned king of Raven Castle. He rebuilts the army but his farthers unfortunate habits have bled the treasury dry. He is unable to repay his tribute to the lycans for helping him claim his throne. The lycans demand the ebony mine as payment instead. Thus a war with the lycans breaks out as Ralenthal declines. Meanwhile lord Harkon learns of Haner's demise. Harkon threatens Ralenthal with the death of his wife if he does not honor their pact. Ralenthal is forced to honor the pact with Harkon's court. In order to repell the lycans. Once the lycans are repelled Ralenthal attempts a rescue of his wife. Harkon intervenes the rescue and captures Ralenthal. Presented in the guild hall of castle Volkihar Ralenthal watches as Harkon rips out Sizarra's heart. Strengthened by his fury he manages to break his bonds but even in his anger he's no match for lord Harkon. Ralenthal is killed by Harkons hand. As his lifeless body falls to the ground Harkon orders for a letter to be sent to Raven Castle. In a demand that Alicia will honor his pact. He sends the ashes of Ralenthal and his wife Sizarra with the letter.
Alicia is crowned queen of Raven Castle. Ralenthal and Sizarra is buried side by side in the castle's small cemetary outside the Chapel. Alicia is forced to honor the pact made to Harkon. Under her short rule the castle is slowly returning to it's former glory. A new threat looms as the vigilants of stendarr's headquarters in Skyrim is burned to the ground. The Dawnguard. Alicia vanishes leaving Raven Castle with no heir to the throne. As the days pass it is heard far and wide of Harkon's demise. The Dragonborn of legend have killed lord Harkon. It is declared that the Dragonborn will serve as the new ruler in the absence of the royal blood. The broken bloodline is now in the hands of the Dragonborn.
Video previews:
Skyrim mods weekly, in the company of pee (9:50):
In german but some good shots (8:45):
Thanks to the people who filmed and reviewed my mod.
Keep in mind this is a work in progress and it has been updated and changed since the video footage of these previews.
-Events-
The very first event in Raven castle is now finished.
-Defend Raven Fortress-
To access the area use the doorway from executioner's hill. This will take you to a fortress under siege by lycans. Once you enter speak to the captain at the top of the middle tower. If you play on a high difficulty or have an ill equipped character I recommend to take a follower or 3 with you. If you do not go up to the captain at the tower you'll have time to walk around the place and have a look before the battle. This is great if you want to place your followers around the place for a better defense.
-In progress/future plans-
Intro Quest
A small intro quest where the player needs to find the Raven Crown thus becomming the next ruler of the castle.
-Ballroom event-
Allowing you to hold a ball. I will be removing all the npcs in the ballroom. Instead making the nobles around the castle meet up at the ballroom. I might tie this with the feast event in the dining hall.
-Dining event-
Throwing a feast is not something that should happen everyday. Thus I'll be removing all the npcs in that room. Once the player then decide to hold a feast the nobles from the castle itself will come sit and eat. I might tie this with the ball event.
-Throneroom event-
When sitting on the throne in the throne room. A visitor will approach and the player will listen to their request.
-Courtroom event-
Passing sentance on a crime once in a while.
-Training event-
Speaking with the battle master will let the player have a fight with one of his men. Allowing the player to teach the guards a thing or two.
-Council event-
Once every month the council will assemble. The player will then decide the focus of the castle's assets for the next month. This will have a number of different outcomes at the end of the month.
-Teacher history teaching the castle history in the royal library- A simple monolog
-Chapel priest preaching the religion of raven castle- A simple monolog
-Making the alternative skies set to always night.
-It requires Dawnguard and Dragonborn, there is no exception to this.
-It is not lore friendly. I'm working on making it so.
-I do not like house mods where you can go "Fus ro dah!" and everything flies around so all the clutter is static meshes.
-Nor am I a fan of collecting stuff and show it off so there won't be any mannequins or plaques in the castle it's just... Eyecandy!
-Walking on the roof of the castle may cause you to fall through, save yourself with the fast travel markers or dont stand on the roof.
-There has been alot of talk about making a quest line and a dungeon out of it. There are quite a few reasons why I won't do this. First off I know very little of making quests and the time it takes to learn that alone is a reason. This project started because I wanted a castle and noone had made one to my standards. Lastly it is still very far from being finished and I have other plans for future expansions to be made.
-I know there is an FPS loss in the library.
-The castle rooms are filled with clutter, furniture and NPC's. To achieve this I have a lot of cells. This means a lot of load doors. They are well worth the wait though!
I applaud translations but if you want to upload it somewhere else release the esp there and link to this page for the main file.
I want to be notified if you want to use it for your own purpose. If you want to use my mod for anything ask me by post from nexus before you start. You can contact me by posting a comment or send a pm on nexus.
--I do not want my mod uploaded anywhere else than the Nexus site.--
Thanks a lot for the beautiful work on meshes and textures from:
Vampirecastle by Zardalu
Witchwood cabin by Reaper9111 -Also thanks for the many pointers I have gotten from you!
Graves of Falkreath by dj2005
General stores by Harvey2112
Open books by Blary
FoodContainer by Blary
Potionshelf by Blary
Paintings and frames by Artisanix
Stroti Organs
Stroti Manor
Stroti RessourcePack
Stroti Castle Furniture
Stroti OvenRessource
Runspectresources for modders
Tony67 scrollshelves
Oaristys modder's resource pack
BrettM FPI researchpack
Rustic windows by Gamwich
City Banner replacer by Insanity
Sizirri for navigation mesh, the Raven Crest and banners, custom paintings/portraits, description-writing and telling me where I can place another gargoyle.
LOD creation by Aragorn58
Candles by nostromo79
Vege mesh by refurbmadness
Plants by tamira
You guys are awesome and Raven Castle wouldn't be the same without your work!
--If you see your resource haven't been creditted send me a message and I'll correct it as soon as possible!--
I hope you have as much fun exploring Raven Castle as I have!
-Cirena
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Changelog
What's new 0.7
Some lighting fixes
more rooms decorated
NPCs Guards
New Throne
Exterior detail
New Princess bed
Raven mountain shrine have been erased and replased. More will come to that when I have permission to do so.
NPCs Have been added to:
The exterior
Entrance Hall
Ball Room
Private stairway
Throne room
New Rooms:
Guest Tower 1
Guest Tower 2
Guest Tower 3
Guest Tower 4
Library
Library Srudy
Library Tower
Forbidden Library
Trophy Room
Forbidden Tower
What's new 0.7.2
lighting in dining hall (small change)
npcs in dining hall
dark faces fixed
What's new 0.8
Dining hall lighting
Ballroom guards repositioned
changed the doors in knight's quarter to load doors (to make sure followers stay inside)
Removed the dagger from the jester
Moved the tables in labrary study further away from eachother
minor fixes to the clutter
Chairs in the dining hall given more space
Finished Noble Quarter
Servants quarter
Gate hall/tower
What's new 0.9
Nobles quarter opened
Servants quarter/kitchen
Gate hall
New Tree Meshes
Unique Blood tree
Redone the gardens
New Mountains Rocks instead of dirt mounds
Passage from the private stair to the throne room
Altered the Princess' tower
More lighting updates
Added a chapel in the Royal garden
Altered the torture room
Made adjustments to the royal bath
Remade the front of the cathedral
Altered the Raven Mountain and the path to the top
Decorated the courtyard
New stable
0.9.2
LODs
v1
Shop NPCs
Containers, chests and cabins added are now containers.
added treasury income chest added (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
Added respawning supply chest in the smithy (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
added enchanting box with respawning grand soul gems (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
added alchemy satchel with respawning alchemy ingredients (( !!Warning!! Not safe storage))
NPC's mood towards the player (should be a little better)
More easter eggs
Fixed alignment of some floor/wall/roof pieces not aligned in the crypt
adjusted Cathedral lighting
Adjusted lighting in the crypt
Raven Guardian rests at the top of raven mountain
Adjusted Library to lag less and added books to the containers
Added Underground Cave access from alchemy tower
New Chandeliers in the ballroom, throne room and dining hall
New candles around the finer parts of the castle
Added princess book caontaining each of every book in the game
Added Each of every book to the containers in the library
Fixed clipping of some sithis glass going through the stairs in library tower
Added a book explaining the castle's history
You might wanna carry a weapon with you when you wander around the forest and some parts of the castle
1.1
Minor hotfix for the Meridia quest starting upon killing Vaclav.
1.2
Sorted navmash so followers should be able to walk all the way to the castle now.
Placed a few more trees in the roadside towards the castle.
Opened the path to the castle so it isn't so overgrown.
Made adjustments to some stairways so they have rails.
Slight change to the cathedral.
1.2.3
Sorted incorrect navmesh in noble's tower, noble's hallway, royal garden and bath room.
Adjusted the Royal bedroom so the room itself isn't a walkway to get further up.
Adjusted the outside windows to match the new change in the Royal bedroom.
Added a child bed in the Royal tower. So far the only one.
Added an extra servant outside the princess tower.
Corrected the floating door in one of the terraces.
1.2.4
Corrected guards sitting on the chairs in the council hall.
Added more grass around the exterior.
Added new tombstones to the graveyard.
Made the tarrace above the royal garden covered.
1.2.5
Changed some guard posting
Adjusted the princess' bed so there isn't two beds on top of eachother
Added new princess med sheets
Added more lights in the tower stairs of the royal section of the castle
Added a coffin to the princess tower
More lighting adjustments an ,issue with the lighting in the stairway have forced me to make a small change to the cell.
Adjusted a door in noble quarters that had sunken into the floor
Adjusted the window lights with the relativly same effect but less beams should look better for the enb users
Adjusted the throne cover so it no longer gives a marker for you to sleep there
Adjusted floating books in library tower
Changed the bookshelves in library tower to reduce fps loss
Added new secret doors with the Volkihar texture to make them much less obvious Some are actually hard to see now
Adjusted windows in nobletower and gave them a better frame
Moved the exit from the escape tunnel so even normal/tall people can get out of the castle from there
Adjusted a prison guard patrol that was porting due to poorly made navmeshing
Flipped a door in the guard resting area so it's now facing the right way
Moved the family portait from the office to the ballroom
Adjusted floating cooks that apparently started flying when they where working
Changed torturor voice from "old kindly" to "brute"
Made a passage over the marsh from the secret exit tunnel
Adjusted the road mist so you don't walk under the mist on the way to the top of the castle
Added Royal Raven Crown
Added vol 2 and 3 of the castle's history
1.2.6
-Important!- Due to the change in the quest I recommend that everyone who completed the quest makes a clean install before upgrading to the new version.
-Replaced fog over the water again the one from SC looked terrible
-Adjusted the raven crown so it can be worn with a circlet
-Fixed several flotong objects around the place
-Adjusted the quest for the fortress defence per Aragorn58's instructions so it should progress after the courtyard now
-gave all the paintings their own texture path. I get sad when I see you taking those nice pictures of my place and then I see Talos instead of a king portrait.
-Added toggles to the npcs in the ballroom, dining hall, noble tower, knights' hall, council tower and the royal library area. All these can be toggled on off from the royal office. I've placed scrolls that indicate what they are changing. I placed them there deliberately so that there were no visual porting for the npcs. Also as a note there's no sound effect or otherwise to tell you if they are there or not. Since it's only a momentary feature I don't plan to make that much more off it.
-Added the files to a bsa
1.2.62
Fixed a bug where Vaclav chills around riften
Fixed a bug where the Raven guardian appears with the dragon in labyrinthian
1.2.7
The knights are now followers
Added a steward which is also a follower
Changed the dog in the kitchen to a husky Also a follower
Remade gate hall 1st floor into a guard quarter
The former guard quarter is now the upperclass quarters
The servants quarter is now only for the female servants
The male servants have been moved to the smithy rooms
All unique npc servants and a good portion of the guards now have daily schedules
The knights council, the high council, court trial and school event is no longer required to be activated
1.2.8
The knights are now followers for real this time
Added a steward which is also a follower for real this time
Fixed a seem in the tower walls
Fixed some lighting with the windows
Updated the windows so they all have glow
Fixed the prisoner event so there is an audience
Fixed a problem with the princess bed that said "someone else is using this"
added a new sky in the fortress
--------------Completed Raven Castle Rooms--------------
-Exterior Forest-
Raven Cave/Forest Entrance
Barrows
Blood Tree
Raven Mountain
Cemetary
-Cathedral-
Cathedral 1st floor
Cathedral Stairs
Cathedral Bell Tower
Crypt
-Center Building-
Entrance Hall
Ball Room
Grand Hallway
Private Stairway
Royal Quarters
Royal Bedroom
Royal Study
Main Tower
Black Tower
Princess Tower
Alchemy Tower
Guest Tower 1
Guest Tower 2
Guest Tower 3
Guest Tower 4
-East Wing-
Throne Room
Throne Room Access Stair
-Eastern Building-
Accountance room
Treasury
Bath Room
Garden Chambers
Private study
Royal Office/Living Room
Royal Garden Tower
Overlook Tower
Royal Tower
-West Wing-
Library
Library Study
Library Tower
Forbidden Library
Trophy Room
Forbidden Tower
Dining Hall
Kitchen
Servant's quarters
Servant's Tower
Cornor tower
-West Tower-
Noble's Hallway
Noble's Tower
Noble Quaters
Noble's Room 1
Noble's Room 2
Noble's Room 3
Noble's Room 4
Advicor's Quarters
Advicor's Tower
-South-West Wing-
Guard quarters
Smithy
Smithy Room 1
Smithy Room 2
Smithy Room 3
Smithy Room 4
Smithy Room 5
Armory
Armory Tower
Barracks Resting Quarters
Guard Tower
-South-East Wing-
Knight's Hall
War Room
Knight's Quarters
Knight's Rooms 1
Knight's Rooms 2
Knight's Rooms 3
Knight's Rooms 4
Knight's Rooms 5
Knight's Rooms 6
Knight's Rooms 7
Lookout tower
Council tower
Council tower top
-Basmenet-
Prison
Basement
Torture Room
Wine Celler
-Southern Courtyard-
Gate Guard Tower
Gate Tower Tunnel
Gate Lookout Tower
Gate Hall
Gate Hall Stairs
Gate Hall south Tower
Gate Hall north Tower
Gate Hall 1st floor
Gate Hall center Tower
-Royal Garden-
Chapel