About this mod
This mods add a house in the Soul Cairn, suitable for evil aligned characters such as necromancers and vampires. It's not very suitable for followers or children, has 2 crafting stations (alchemy and enchanting) which seemed most fitting. There's also a teleport spell. I've tried to stay true to the "vibe" of the Soul Cairn. Hail the Ideal Masters!
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I think these words best describes how to aquire the Soul Cage - A Soul Cairn House.
Skyrim has long been missing a really good place for evil aligned characters such as necromancers and vampires to stay. And the Soul Cairn is one of the most underrated places in the game. So I set out to carve a bit of this dark place into my own.
The house has all the things an evil necromancer/vampire might need, a bed to sleep in, or a coffin, whichever you prefer. A crafting station for potions and one for enchantments. There's also a broken apparatus in the study that was supposed to extract the souls of the unlucky, but the previous inhabitant never got it working. *
Two storage containers, one in the study and one in the bedroom. And there is also a book shelf in the study. No fancy auto-sort stuff here, evil people like to sort their stuff themself!
The house is not suitable for children or followers in general since getting them there is tricky (you need to take them through the portal in Valericas study), but of course, console commands works for everything. Results may vary I guess. The teleport spell only brings the caster to the house. *
Never the less, I've added a few random idle markers for NPC's and they can stay there, but it won't be a pleasant stay. I did my best to keep the Soul Cairn atmosphere in the house and to make it into a creepy, desolate, unwelcoming place. Even the ambient music is chosen with this in mind.
Did I mention that the current owner might not be so happy with surprise guests?
* I'm not good enough at scripting/modding to get any of these 2 working as I want them to (teleport spell/spike apparatus in study to have some kind of function). :(
Requirements
Legendary Edition
Recommendations
These are soft recommendations, but it greatly improves the atmosphere of the house.
ENB of your choice.
Texture mods of your choice.
Lightning mods of your choice.
Rustic Soulgems
Rudy HQ - More Lights for ENB - Soulgems - The Rustic Soulgems Patch
Installation and compatibility
Install with your favorite mod manager, or do the manual installation if you prefer! Uninstall as usual.
Incompatibility will occur with anything doing massive changes around the Ritual Stone or certain areas in the Soul Cairn.
Have fun with the mod!
LE Version here!
Xbox Version
The Soul Cairn is tricky to navigate, so here's a map (which I borrowed from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls pages). Just follow the red line and you'll be fine!
If you choose the "Serana path" to get the house, here's the key location. And use the map above!
If you do no choose to go with Serana through the Soul Cairn or want to skip that part, you can always "stumble" upon it. Dead guy on the ground holds the first clue.
And here's the location of the stuff you be looking for.