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The Dragon Cult was a powerful group that ruled Skyrim during the Merethic Era. The Dragon Priests were the rulers of this cult who received immense power from Alduin in return for their obedience. While the Cult has long been defeated, their presence remains in Skyrim. The cities they once built are now ruins scattered across the land, and even in death, the Dragon Priests and their most powerful servants remain a threat.

This mod adds a new set of powerful Dragon Cult weapons, based on the Dragon Priest dagger and staff.
Dragon Cult weapons have a small chance (20%) to spawn on Ebony wielding Draugr. Starting at level 40, you might also encounter these weapons in loot in Nordic ruins.

Dragon Cult weapons are comparable to Dragon Bone in damage.
The set consists of 6 new weapons (Sword, Greatsword, Mace, Warhammer, War Axe, and Battle Axe), while The Dragon Priest Dagger has been renamed to Dragon Cult Dagger, with it's stats changed to match the other weapons. The latest update also adds a Shield.
If you also install the optional Animated Armoury or Heavy Armory Additions, you might find and extra 4 more weapons (Club, Glaive, Long Mace, and Trident).

Glaive and Trident use Greatsword animations and perks.
If you use DAR animation from Heavy Armory or Animated Armoury, they will use Pike animations instead.

Dragon Cult Weapons can't be crafted, but they can be upgraded using an Corundum ingot.


For each new weapon, there is also a unique, named version that might appear.
These are powerful artifacts from the Merethic Era gifted to only the most loyal and powerful followers of the Cult.
The chance of finding these is small, but it's well worth seeking them out because every artifact has a unique and powerful enchantment.
Every time a Dragon Cult weapon would spawn, there is a small chance an artifact version of that weapon will spawn instead.
Each of these will only spawn once. Once you obtain a specific artifact, it will not appear again.

You can discover the following artifacts:

Agvothol (Burns With Fire) - Sword
Target becomes weak to Fire for 10 seconds
Deals 30 points of Fire damage

Druntahrovin (Brings Chaos) - Club (Added with Heavy or Animated Armory patch)
Target becomes weak to Magic for 30 seconds
Has a chance to deal 20 points of Fire, Frost, and/or Shock damage

Dusliztrun (Consuming Ice Storm) - Warhammer
Target becomes weak to Frost for 10 seconds
All nearby enemies receive 20 points of Frost damage

Fonaakmun (Frost Eats Man) - Mace
Target becomes weak to Frost for 10 seconds
Deals 30 points of Frost damage

Goraanvod (Youth Gone) - Long Mace (Added with Heavy or Animated Armory patch)
Absorbs 15 points of Stamina
Deals 10 points of Stamina damage for 3 seconds

Kinzonjot (Sharp Bite) - Battle Axe
Target becomes weak to Shock for 10 seconds
All nearby enemies receive 20 points of Shock damage

Lahduntuz (Magic Draining Knife) - Dagger
Target becomes weak to Magic for 20 seconds
Drains 25 points of Magicka

Lotqofaaz (Great Lightning Pain) - War Axe
Target becomes weak to Shock for 10 seconds
Deals 30 points of Shock damage

Saandolaas (Loss Of Life) - Glaive (Added with Heavy or Animated Armory patch)
Absorbs 25 points of Health and 15 points of Stamina

Thurspaan (Overlord Shield) - Shield
Increases resistance to Fire, Frost, and Shock by 10%
While blocking, has a small chance to Reflect 200% of damage back to the attacker

Tuuzfenal (Blade Must Destroy) - Greatsword
Target becomes weak to Fire for 10 seconds
All nearby enemies receive 20 points of Fire damage

Vuldinok (Dark Death) - Trident (Added with Heavy or Animated Armory patch)
Slows target for 20 seconds
Has a chance to paralyze the target for 10 seconds

This mod makes changes to a few Leveled Lists and some NPC's in Forelhost. Any USSEP changes have been forwarded.
Also fully compatible with Object Categorization Framework!

In most cases, using WryeBash should help resolve any conflicts, but a bunch of patches have also been provided in the installer.


- Ancient Nord Stalhrim by TateTaylorOh, opusGlass and jboyd4
Merges level list conflicts.

- Animated Armory by NickaNak
Extends the weapon range with 4 new weapons, and resolves list conflicts.
If you want Polearm animations to work for the Glaive and Trident, you'll need Injected Animated Armoury too!
Let this overwrite any file conflicts.

- Audio Overhaul for Skyrim by David Jegutidse & Immersive Sounds - Compendium by lazygecko
Patches some of the weapons to use new sounds from these mods. Requires Sound Record Distributor to function!
I also recommend using ISC SRDified.

- CCOR & WACCF by Kryptopyr
Weapon stat are changed to be consistent with WACCF. CCOR is also supported but not required. Also adds new crafting and breakdown recipes.

- Haugbui - A Draugr Overhaul by Briraka
Resolves some conflicts.

- Heavy Armory
Extends the weapon range with 4 new weapons, and resolves list conflicts.
If you installed Heavy Armory's animation files, the Glaive and Trident will use new Polearm animations.
If you are using Heavy Armory Lite, they won't show up at all.

- JS Unique Utopia SE - Daggers by johnskyrim
Merges changes made to Kahvozein's Fang.

- Unique Uniques / Unique Uniques SE Re-Ported by InsanitySorrow
Merges changes made to Kahvozein's Fang.

- Will you make a patch for mod X? / Can I make a patch for mod X?
I will make a patch for mods that I use myself, or that are otherwise easy to throw together. If you want to take things into your own hands and create a patch for any conflicting mod you find, you are free to do so.

- Will this mod take space in my load order?
All .esp files in this mod are .esl flagged, so they won't take any space.

- Is it safe to install / unistall mid-game?
You can install this mod at any time. Uninstalling mid-game shouldn't break anything but is generally not recommended!

- Where do I find these weapons?
They only have a chance to spawn on high level Draugr Death Lords, and late game loot. The weapons can't be crafted. These weapons aren't intended for the early game, so if you just started a new playthrough, it'll be a while before you find them. Sorry!

- How can Draugr use Spear / Pike animations?
Get Draugr Spear Animation (DAR) to get them those work. Should work with OAR too.