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Aniya - A Custom Voiced Follower is a companion/quest mod. She is a Nord mage with various functions to use, a quest that will explore her background and character, a detailed romance system, and plenty of lines for unique scenarios, many unexpected! Aniya is planned to have a Main story, spell learning, more NPC encounters, and so much more!

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QUEST AWARENESS 1/HPH v0.5.6 IS OUT NOW ON BOTH PC AND XB1!

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THE MOD IS ALWAYS BEING UPDATED, IF YOU HAVE ANY BUGS OR PROBLEMS PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE BUG SECTION ON THE MOD PAGE OR ON THE DISCORD SERVER [ANIYA MOD SUPPORT CHANNEL]!

NO AI VOICE USE PERMISSION FOR ANIYA (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: MODS, VIDEOS, GENERATION, ETC...), PEACHY DOES NOT SUPPORT HER VOICE BEING USED IN SUCH A WAY PERIOD. CONTACT ME OR HER IF YOU NEED HER VOICE ACTING IN YOUR PROJECT.

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"I wanted to play Skyrim with my wife, so I tried putting her in the game... then I got carried away and made Aniya." ~ Kenerad

Aniya - A Custom Voiced Follower is a companion/quest mod. Aniya, located in The Bannered Mare, is a charming Nord mage student who is morally gray- opting to steal sometimes but never kill. She is stuck in Skyrim for unknown reasons, and it's up to you to help get her a sweetroll and beginning your adventure together.

Aniya has various functions to use such as a relax function, outfit manager, player combat faction manager, Aniya map tracker, home framework, sweetroll bakery framework, detailed romance system and more. She currently has one introduction quest exploring her initial background, and a fully detailed romance quest system revolving around your romantic journey with her (multiple quests involved in this!). She has over 3,900 lines currently (3,100 being Aniyas alone, 800 supporting NPCs), giving you plenty of lines tailored to unique scenarios, many unexpected! Some may trigger an optional task for you or a unique encounter from past conjuration mistakes Aniya may have mentioned before! 

Aniya is planned to have a lot more content than you are currently seeing. She will have a main story, spell learning, content for each faction, combat tweaks, NPC encounters, follower relationships that grow, random scenes, misc tasks, 8000 + lines to be added and so much more! 


INCLUDED IN THIS MOD:

The Intro Quest:

The Intro quest starts off in the Bannered Mare with a scene, after which you will be greeted by Aniya, asked to do a simple task, choose a player faction from her (which can be changed later), and learn of her background and personality.

The Dialogue:

With 3,900+ lines of dialogue (3,100+ for Aniya) each one is uniquely crafted to fit situations, moods, stories, events, player attitudes, past events, romance level/rank and role play! Her dialogue will largely depend on the circumstances, quests, weather, enemies, location, and romance. Aniya will always say certain lines of dialogue to better fit the world she inhabits, making her an immersive experience for you on your adventures.

The Romance:

Aniya's romance system is quite detailed. Romance is started by completing intro favors to win her heart. She will later confess her feelings and begin the rest of the romance. You will be able to talk to her about romance, go on dates with her (outings/courts as she puts it), hear romantic/friendship dialogue all while growing your romance level and rank until you feel ready to propose marriage to her. Wedding time! The wedding quest is more than just a ceremony, you have to prepare! This quest includes over 5 custom NPCs! After the wedding and moving into a home, a sweetroll bakery quest and system is included in the romance that will keep Aniya busy when you need go on an Adventure alone or with friends. Not only will she run a bakery (after marriage) but she also has LOTS of home content! Children interactions, conversations about your adventures, and so much more!


Romance update guide:

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To start romance you need to get Aniya's romance level to 5 by doing some of the romance intro favors.

  • Give 6 sweetrolls: Adds +1 romance on the 6th sweetroll. Must give one every 2 hours or more, can not spam to increase romance.
    Give 3 compliments: Adds +1 romance after 3 compliments given, (new topic choice under let's talk section), can only give 1 compliment every 24 hours.
  • Finish Dragonrising quest: Adds +3 romance when the dragon is slain, also introduces the dragonborn name function. Talk to her to initiate this.
  • Finish golden claw quest: Adds +2 romance after quest is completed. Talk to her to initiate this.
  • Defend Aniya against the Shady Nord: Adds +3 romance. Once your romance level is 3 or higher, go to the entrance by the rat way, a Shady Nord will try to "pay" Aniya for "services". Aniya will take offence to this and a scene will commence. Help her after this encounter.
  • Defend Aniya from Mikael's advances: Adds +3 romance. Go to the banneredmare between 5pm and 9pm, if your romance level is 3 or higher, a scene will start between them. Confront Mikael, make him stop, any means possible.
After reaching romance level 5 Aniya will confess feelings for you. You can accept or deny these. If denied you can change your mind later, however if accepted you'll officially start the romance with Aniya. This unlocks two new topics under "let's talk, a home setting feature and an "about romance" section. Under the "about romance" topic you can get a status update on your relationship, initiate dates, and change your relationship status. To progress the romance further you will need to either continue doing the intro favors that are repeatable AND do the available dates. All dates are repeatable. Dates 1 and 2 are available at the start of romance (when dating as friends and on) and date 3 becomes available when you are partners AND are a high enough romance level. The purpose of date 3 is a proposal/repeatable date. I won't say how to marry her (takes away the fun of finding out naturally) but there's dialogue on how to marry her in the "about romance" topic. Marriage is simple, once started follow the quest as normal. Once married all post-marriage content will become available (extra lines, some certain topics from being home, etc, and most importantly the sweetroll bakery.)

To start the sweetroll bakery you must be married, have set a home with Aniya, your home must have an oven AND/OR a cooking pot and wait one week after the wedding is completed. After this talk to Aniya and the introduction quest to the bakery will start. From here follow the quest as normal and so begins the bakery after the quest is completed. You can talk to Aniya about the bakery, ask her status, trade and get profits. Every time you enroll her, the bakery will stop, so once she is dismissed back home, if you want her to run the bakery you will need to ask her to start it up again.

If you have any questions, read the FAQ or ask on the discord server or nexus.



The Functions/Systems (Post v0.5):

  • A "relax/hang out here function": to help your roleplay needs to chill at a camp, town, inn whatever you want she'll chill out and you'll never lose her if you run off. Can be used when talking with Aniya in the let's talk section, or stopped in the first dialogue options.
  • A "follow closer/farther function": to make Aniya change how closely she follows you so you can have space or no space between her and you. Can be changed upon talking with Aniya in the let's talk section.
  • A "Aniya needs a sweetroll function": That does exactly what it sounds like, give Aniya a sweetroll if she ever asks for one and she will sometimes!
  • A "Where Are You, Aniya? function": Is a quest that helps track Aniya in the unlikely event that you lose her.
  • A "change Outfit function": Is a function where if you have a certain set of clothes, Aniya will take them and wear them. She will also wear outfits she already has and also allows you to give her anything to wear (a removing base outfit entirely to wear anything). Can be changed upon talking with Aniya in the let's talk section.
  • A "change faction function": Not to be confused with vanilla factions, during the intro quest you choose between 4 factions, which if you choose to switch at a later date, can be changed upon talking with Aniya in the let's talk section.
  • A "set home function": As it states, used to set Aniya's home. Works with all vanilla, and most modded homes, as long as they use the correct player home keywords. 
  • A "sweetroll bakery system (only after marriage)": A bakery system that starts after her bakery intro quest is done. She will bake 5 days a week, sell on loredas and buy supplies if needed from a supplier on sundas. Has her own packages, dialogue and interactions around this. This is a great way for Aniya to generate passive income while you're out adventuring and she's at home. Works with any home that has an oven or cooking pot.
  • A "romance rank check function": As it states, checks the romance rank and romance level giving you an immersive response to how things are going in your relationship. Rank can be asked about in dialogue. (located under let's talk).
  • A "breakup quest/system": Relationship troubles? Tired of dating Aniya and want to romance your other follower? Well, you can break up, but she will leave your service for a while and wander the inns of Skyrim. If you want a second shot with Aniya, try to find her somewhere.
  • A "healing system": As it states, Aniya will now heal in combat using health potions you give her. This is toggle on and off now.
  • A "home check-up system": A system for checking on the player when talking to Aniya when she's dismissed at your set home. She will ask you about your day, ask to adventure with you, help you if you're sick, and much more.
  • A "Dragonborn naming system": Just became Dragonborn in the main story? Aniya reacts to that (differently if it was on or off camera). Now she gives you the option to address you with your new title if you would prefer (can be toggled on or off).
  • A "Custom Ghost Event System": Does just what it says. A custom ghost will occasionally show up to follow Aniya after midnight in the woods around the Rift or the marshes of Morthal. Careful though, he's quite shy and is hard to catch following her! Maybe you should ask her about the ghost?

VIDEO (v0.5 Romance Update) (RELEASE DAY TRAILER):



RELEASE DATE ANNOUCEMENT TRAILER (v0.5: Romance Update):



VIDEO SNEAK PEAKS FOR (v0.5: Romance Update):





If your Skyrim is pre-version 1.6.1170.0 then use BEES! Otherwise it's...

Standalone!

-MANUAL-

To install manually be sure to just copy and paste it into your Skyrim folder directory.

-MOD MANAGER-

You can add this mod into any mod manager manually, or you can install it off Nexus automatically via mod manager button FOMOD is included with an optional patch.

-AVAILABLE PLATFORMS-

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Again this mod is always being updated, please leave feedback on the post section of the mod page or the discord server. If you run into any errors installing or major bugs, then please also use the  Discord Server or Bug Tab to put in bug reports. Thanks!
If you wish you use Aniya as a voice actor for any modding reason, please contact me directly! Either here or Discord
If you need permissions or want to work with me directly for a modding reason, please contact me directly! Either here or Discord

Again your feedback is important, help me reach my goals for this mod by leaving suggestions, fixes, or even guides on how to implement quest, dialogue, or any other mod function.

FAQ

  • Do I need a new save? - DEPENDS! If you're coming from version 0.5, no, but if you are going from version 0.2.2 to 0.5.5, yes.
  • Where can I find her? - In the Banneredmare.
  • Does she comment on quests? - Yes! Currently she has full awareness for the following quests: The Mind of Madness, Laid to Rest, Lifting The Shroud, Headless Horseman and Delayed Burial. She has partial awareness for Dragon Rising and The Golden Claw.
  • Can I give her sweet rolls? - Yes, yes you can, she loves them!
  • HELP! I can't give her sweetrolls! - Check you're inventory for one, if you got one and it still doesn't show up, check if you got sweetroll replacers in your LO. It works, you just have to fix your LO if that's the case.
  • HELP! I can't find VALENTUS! - Please update Aniya to 0.5.5 and reload BEFORE you talk to Aniya about wedding plans. It works, just not if you borked your save on a previous version.
  • HELP! I can't activate the altar with purple flowers on the wedding quest! - Disable survival mode for a moment, reload a previous save and try again. Still trying to patch this.
  • HELP! She isn't talking to Hulda or me! - Please check you're LO. If you're running an older version of Skyrim, use BEES. She works, it's just a Skyrim modding thing.
  • HELP! She isn't working at all! [insert bug] - Please check you're LO for any conflicts first before reporting bugs to me. If you need pointers thats fine. Being a mod author I hardly have the time to fix my own LO , I doubt I'll have time to fix other peoples LOs, plus, I'm trash at it, ask my friends.
  • Can I teach her spells? - No not yet, she will get a spell-learning system with mages guild update v0.6
  • Can I marry her?! - Yes! Yes you can!
  • What patches are included? - Four patches are included. First is a patch the vanilla body patcher (allows you to use your own body and skin mods on Aniya), second is a Standalone High Poly Head Replacer for Aniya, third is the same High Poly Head Replacer but a Vanilla Body Patch version (also always you to use any skin and body mod on her.), lastly the final patch is an immersive sweetroll experience (needs a new game for this).
  • Does she have any follower interactions? - None at the moment, but she will have interactions with Lucifer (coming out on his update 1.0), Malryn, Val Serano, Daegon, Secunda, Bowen, Isadore, and Spike.
  • Will she have a Bruma patch? - She will! It's planned but it will have to wait until I consider her feature complete (v1.0).

COMPATIBILITY

Aniya is compatible with almost every mod, however there are a few that will undoublty have bad effects. Here is a list of known compatibility issues and if patches are available for them.

  • Follower Framework mods such as AFT, NFF and the like - Any mod that touches her packages will werck havoc on my custom quests. NO PATCH AVAILABLE. DO NOT USE THESE MODS WITH ANIYA!
  • Home framework mods that import followers, like MHIYH - These will not work on Aniya! DO NOT IMPORT AND USE THESE ON HER! SHE HAS HER OWN HOME FRAMEWORK! Her home framework is only available after becoming friends! (under the "let's talk" topic, works with any home, even modded.)
  • Immersive Citizens - I've had issues with this mod testing various scenes with vanilla NPCs, as well as its causing Aniya's dialogue to sometimes disappear for some users. Best to avoid this mod when using Aniya until a patch is made.
  • Open cities - DO NOT use this mod with Aniya, her quests break. She needs a patch for this.
  • City overhaul mods, like jk's skyrim series, cities of the north, etc -These alter interiors/exteriors so some parts of Aniya and other supporting NPCs may use assets behind or inside walls/objects. Any bug related to this will need a patch.

  • Version 0.5.6.1 (High Poly Head Replacer) [Latest Version]
  • Hot fix to intro quest script not updating mod.

  • Version 0.5.6 (High Poly Head Replacer)
  • Added two new patches (Standalone High Poly Head and Vanilla Body Patch High Poly Head)
  • ESL'd all patches.

  • Version 0.5.5 (Quest Awareness 1)
  • Over 500 new lines added!
  • Added fully immersive and indepth quest awareness for: The Mind of Madness, Laid to Rest, Delayed Burial, Headless Horseman and Lifting the Shroud. (They include scenes, dialogue and even a rare interaction with Sheo himself!)
  • Added a custom ghost event! In the Riften woods or Morthal marsh.
  • Added comments for 3 dungeon types, Draugr, Vampire and Hagraven, Draugr containing the most.
  • New attention lines added to fix blockings randomly showing up.
  • New combat aware lines.
  • Fixed various bugs from the romance update.

  • Version 0.5.3 (Romance Update)
  • Tweaked dismissal script to stop dates correctly if dismissed before date time/location is reached.
  • Resolved stroll quest not shutting down properly. Will shut down so date options available now.
  • Added in update topic to update midgame to fix/resolve bugs addressed above. Can only use topic once upon load up!

  • Version 0.5.2 (Romance Update)
  • Adjusted dialogue conditions to prevent enrolling Aniya during important sweetroll bakery times which caused odd bugs.
  • Adjusted scripts around the bakery, made sure globals were being reset when enrolling Aniya.

  • Version 0.5.1 (Romance Update)
  • Added extra stage conditions to prevent home packages running during wedding ceremony stages.
  • Removed broken package causing Aniya to stop following and forcegreet an empty dialogue over and over.
  • Removed dirty edits (ITMs) found in SSEEdit.
  • Reworded wording on "Immersive Sweetroll" patch message box, adjusted description of the patch on nexus/xbox, added an autosave for players to reload if she "doesn't eat the sweetroll correctly".
  • Reworked how romance quests start. They should only start up AFTER the intro quest is completed. Should remove alias error not filling on said quests.

  • Version 0.5 (Romance Update)
  • Adds 7 romance intro favors (more general favors to come in later updates)
  • Home framework added
  • Children interactions added
  • Sweetroll bakery intro quest and system added
  • 2 dates added, plus 1 extra for proposal/rerun for fun. All repeatable.
  • Breakup quest added
  • 3,000 lines of dialogue added (Aniya sits at 3,100, 800 for supporting NPCs)
  • 4 romance ranks added (friends, best friends, dating, and married)
  • Romance Level counter added
  • Healing system added
  • Adds a Dragonborn naming function.
  • Adds a wedding quest + a stroll quest and extra lines for date 2 only available after the wedding.
  • Adds a handful of unique rare encounters for certain romance paths taken or dialogue said.
  • Adjusted the sweetroll giving function to better work.
  • Added more idle commentary for weather, romance, quests, etc. (even some for just being home)
  • About romance talking topics added to check on romance rank, go on/change/stop dates, breakup, ask about marriage topics, how to marry topic and more.

  • Version 0.2.2:
  • Reworked the introduction quest!
  • Adjusted objectives, added/removed dialogue, and created a Sweetroll script monitor.
  • Players can now get any Sweetroll anywhere! Steal or buy it's your choice now!
  • Add two new optional patches! Both patch the custom body/head meshes and textures with the vanilla body/head meshes and textures. One includes only the UNP default outfit, the other includes the CBBE default outfit.
  • Removed the records of Brynjolf and Lydia causing blackface bugs.
  • Installed a hotfix for the spell-learning introduction quest popping up when they shouldn't yet.

  • Version 0.2.1:
  • Fix a major bug revolving around other followers walking off.
  • Changed the default outfit from (Northgirl) to (The Fancy Witch Armour UNP CBBE) because of permission issues.
  • Removed 2 voice lines that were redundant.
  • Adjusted the sweet roll misc lines to be rarer.

  • Version 0.2:
  • An introduction quest.
  • 5 random encounters.
  • A faction system to which the player belongs regarding Aniya. It is a d&d style system where you are 4 different factions, any of which are attached to the player and can be swapped after the introduction quest at any point if the player chooses.
  • Outfit management system. Ability to change into 4 base outfits, 1 default, and 1 nude (for trading and giving your own outfit purposes), all of which is done via dialogue under the let's talk section.
  • Improve voice lines over the previous ones, mainly for about me lines.
  • A working follow distance dialogue choice system.
  • A working relaxed function Give her sweet rolls! She’ll ask for them from time to time! Yes, this is a function in the mod.
  • Added a new quest to track Aniya’s location, in the rare chance, you lose her.
  • More voice lines, 500 new ones.
  • Bug fixes from the previous version.

  • Version 0.1.5:
  • Converted to Standalone! Has all the previous required mods now as assets. No need to download them separately!

  • Version 0.1.2:
  • Changed the default outfit to Northgirl and brows/hair to fit lore/wife better.

  • Version 0.1:
  • The official beta version 0.1(ESP) of the Aniya follower mod. Mod is in the beta testing phase, feedback is needed. Bugs may occur.

As a modder, I have high aspirations for this mod and what I plan to achieve in the future.

In later versions, I plan to add the following with each new version. (any version not listed here will be in the change log.)

  • Version beta 0.5.5: Halloween Update:
- adding in a special event, found only in the Rift.
- adding additional bug fixes and quality-of-life additions
- addition in a patch for romance animations.

  • Version beta 0.6: Mages Guild Update:
- 3 quests, 1 with Zankir, 1 with learning to teleport Aniya, 1 for an awesome custom spell for Aniya to learn.
- NPC interactions
- Zankir mini follower
- Zankir interactions
- Quest awareness
- More idle lines
- Adding in an additional 500 - 1000 lines or so.

  • Version beta 0.7: TBD.
  • Version beta 1.0: Main story! Quest commentary, more NPC interactions, more mini-quests/events!
  • Version 1.1: Additional content to come.

If you have any thoughts or concerns please contact me directly.

If you wish to share this mod on social media, or any media, please be sure to give credit where credit is due. Leave the link and author name "notKenerad3222" or "Kenerad" in the description or wherever you mention mod creators.

Special thanks:

BIG THANK YOU TO MY WIFE (PEACHYNINJA) FOR BEING THE INSPIRATION, VOICE ACTOR, AND CO-WRITER OF THE MOD!

HUGE THANKS TO JOSEPH RUSSELL AND KALILIES FOR MAKING AMAZING STARTER GUIDES FOR CREATING FOLLOWERS!

HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERY MOD AUTHOR THAT HAS HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY!!! (list below)
Axerien, MrVideoFreak, Eggsbenedict, Goredev, Robbobert, Thesparalius, Megaman2k, Bowen, CKN, FathomX, DeathMunchin, WhiskersIsCat, anyone else i may have forgotten to credit (if I have let me know and ill add you.)

THANK YOU FAE AND PEACHYNINJA FOR GRAMMAR CHECKING ALL MY DOCS!

THANK YOU TO THESE VOICE ACTORS FOR VOICING SUPPORTING NPCS! (list below)
Eggsbenedict: Sweetroll Dremora, Jaiba: Evaleth, CKN: Valentus, Goredev: Telarius Quickfoot, Robbobert: Zan'kir, Thesparalius: Ji'kahn, DaveVA: Sheogorath.

THANK YOU SILVERSTORM4444 FOR DESIGNING EVALETH!

THANK YOU BETA TESTERS FOR HELPING ME ALONG THE WAY!

THANK YOU SERVER HALL MONITORS FOR HELPING ME ALONG THE WAY!

THANK YOU NERO_ARTS AND POCKETDIRT FOR THE ANIYA ART!!!

Elianora and Zzjay for Aniya's default fancy magic outfit!

Thank you FavoredSoul for Aniya's flower crown!

Thank you Stealhic and Kalilies for Aniyas choker!

Thank you Zzjay for Aniyas wedding dress!

reize0 for Aniya's UNP body mesh!

traa108 for Aniya's skin textures!

Kalilies for Aniya's amazing hair!

expired6978, for giving all of us an amazing character creation tool that helped make the character model possible!

Lastly, thank you to everyone for the support along the way, you guys are all awesome!

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