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Special thanks to Roastlawyer, for the original design of several of the totems, and his constant support and advice.
Special thanks to wSkeever, for his mehrunes dagon nordic clutter meshes. My additions to the design and variance would not be possible without his base
Special thanks to Tony, for PBRing all of my new textures.
Special thanks to ChickenMike, for Dragon Bridge Navmesh
Special thanks to Mintshader, Sushiwestern, and Falaal for their wonderful concept art inspiring the totems!
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Children of the North Wind - Nordic Ruin Diversity (French)
Changelogs
Version 4.9.99
Preparation for the 5.0 Update. Updated all branding.
Updated FOMOD with latest branding.
Updated FOMOD to automatically detect and enable location patches.
Fixed Patch Masters.
Fixed SWAP Issues.
Added Placeholder LOD Models.
Cleaned plugins and fixed errors.
Version 4.9.9
Preparation for the 5.0 Update
Fixed FOMOD Selection
Fixed Patch Masters
Fixed SWAP Issues
Added Placeholder LOD Models
Version 4.9
Updated to a FOMOD
Cleaned plugins and fixed errors
Version 4.5.1
Added Restless Dead Patch
Compacted Plugin
Version 4.5
MID SIZED UPDATE
Added Clavicus Vile Clutter (Requires Heretical Haemar's Shame)
Added new names to themed urns and chests
Revitialized SWAP Files
Version 4.0.1
Fixed Mesh Errors
Fixed Plugin Errors
Version 4.0
Merged the changes of volatile valthume
Overhauled valthume
Added Lux Orbis Patch
Version 3.0
MAJOR UPDATE Requires a new save!
Splits Assets and Record Edits into two separate plugins
Merges in the changes of Ornaments of the Dragon Cult and Supernatural Sovngarde Portal
Adds new enemy type (Draugr Honorguard) with matching weapon set
Adjusts record swaps
Version 2.1
SWAP INI Update - Changes from one messy swap file to 4 organized, modular swap files
Adds swap locations and resolves swap conflicts
more meridian clutter
Added Deadly Dragon Lair Locations Patch
Updated Meridia's Luxon Beacon Patch
Version 2.0
MAJOR UPDATE
Adds Unique Clutter to 3 Daedric Shrines Located withing ancient nordic ruins (shrine of mehrunes dagon, kilkreath ruins, and twilight sepulchur)
Updated Lux Patch & PBR Addon
Added Meridia's Luxon Beacon Patch
Version 1.5.3
Fixed a few more meshes
Version 1.5.2
Fixed A Shader Crash Related to Havok Flags
Recompacted Plugin
Version 1.5.1
Fixed Bugged Nifs causing crashes with Simplicity of Snow
Version 1.5
Added Nordic Head Variant (Hooded Variant)
Added 3 Variants to Large Ruins Urns ( Grey, Tan, & White)
Added 4 Variants to Ancient Nordic Linen (Light Blue, Lavender, Green, & Red)
Overhauls Saarthal's Final Chamber
Overhauls Jyrik Gaulderson
Version 1.1
Added modded compatibility to Dreadful Dead Men's Respite
Added modded compatiblity to Ysmir's Tear
Added modded compatibility to Konharik's Accoutrements
Children of North Winds - Ancient Nordic Ruin Diversity:
For a society that valued the teaching of the Tear Wife Dibella, Ancient Nordic Architecture is sorely lacking in diversity and creativity. If it weren't for the landscapes, quests, and memories made along the way, may of these ancient tombs would be nearly indistinguishable from each other. As a mod author who has primarily worked with Nordic architecture, it has become increasingly difficult to create new permutations of the same monotonous blend of blocky stone arches, hawk themed furniture, and bearded stone faces.
In this overhaul, certain aesthetic Features will receive conflict free variations to their current placement. No longer will the Ancient Nord Hivemind construct the entirety of their domain the same!
Mod features: (All of these features are togglable in the FOMOD) Animal Totems:
Replaces the iconic Hawk Motif used in various ancient Nordic architecture/clutter with variants based on the other 8 animal totems of the Nordic Pantheon
These totems are dynamically swapped to various Nordic Ruins based on the known lore of the location, along with the themes involved in quests that happen in the location.
Examples: Dragon Cult temples like Labyrinthian & Skuldafn get dragon totems, While Gjukar's Monument, a location associated with a mara quest, recieves the wolf totem.
Certain unique locations gain unique totems that are unique from their totem counterparts. Explore to find them all!
Assorted Clutter:
Adds variants to typical clutter you will find in any generic Ancient Nordic Ruin.
Linen now appears in 5 colors (Plain, Green, Lavender, Light Blue, & Red)
Large urns have recieved 3 new color variants (Tan, Grey, & White)
Distributed to all Nordic Barrows
Assorted Sculpture Heads:
Adds diversity to the iconic Nordic sculpture head.
All locations with no specific theme can swap into one of 4 helmet types.
Bespoke locations, such as Dragon Cult Locations or mage oriented locations will receive Nordic heads with more specific headwear.
Daedric Clutter:
This Addon gives Daedric locations unique clutter to fit their specific patron.
Currently Includes Clavicus Vile (Heretical Haemar's Shame Required), Dagon, Meridia, & Nocturnal themed clutter.
Distributes these clutter variants to their respective locations
Dragon Cult Bronze:
Adds an extra layer of diversity to Nordic ruins, by swapping metallic clutter in dragon cult locations with new bronze variants.
Every piece of metal in bespoke locations has been swapped
A new enemy type, The Draugr Honorguard, (Lvl 40) Now spawns guarding the keeps of the Dragon Cult. These Enemies Drop Unique Bronzed Nordic Weaponry, that does more damage than the average Ancient Nordic Weaponry
Location Changes:
Changes various locations in the world beyond what a typical BOS swap file could easily do.
Dragon Priest and named boss coffins have recieved custom shaped sarcophagi, with specially designed lids. (Priest Coffins will swap to bronze if Dragon Cult Bronze Module is enabled)
Dragon Bridge & the Skuldafn Portal have revieved custom models with specialized footprints.
Custom locations with distinct themes have recieved unique changes to their clutter and lighting.
(All of the Above, besides the Location Changes plugin, are meant to be compatible by default with any location overhaul utilizing vanilla Nordic Eagle Totem Architecture. Ex. Any totems added by a mod like Ryn's Lost Valley Redoubt, will automatically swap into Bear Totems with my mod enabled.)
Install Children of the North Wind FOMOD (Why are you here if you don't want this?)
Install Any Mods you want to use in conjunction with COTNW (Patch Hub Related)
Run ParallaxGen (Required only if you use Parallax, Complex Material, or CS PBR)
Enjoy the Mod :D
If you have any suggestions, recommendations, or concerns, or wish to see what I'm currently working on, do not hesitate to reach me on my discord servers:
