A pack of 21 carefully crafted followers with customized head morphs, hair and face paint.
Each one with their own combat styles, spells, and perks.
Essential, Unique, Level with the player from 10 to 999.

They are scattered around Skyrim, so every place you go, you'll know a member of The Wade will be nearby to help you if you need some extra muscle, magic, or just a friendly companion.
The home base of the Wade is located on the shore of Dawnstar, east of the DB Sanctuary (you can't miss it it's just a lonely home with a brazier on the side) - I tried to place it as out of the way as possible to not conflict with other cities overhauls.
Inside you'll find the boss of the Wade, Teia, and her husband Ragnar. On a shelf on the right there is a purple book with a brief intro and the location to all other NPCs.

They will use your default skin and body (see recommended mods if you want to match my pictures). They all have their own hair with textures included, some also have custom eye textures. The Argonian and Kahjiit will use all vanilla assets. All the body parts that are not customized will follow the vanilla path and use any texture replacers you have installed.
All their weapons and outfits are vanilla (I use replacers in the pictures).

ESP si flagged light.

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Full NPCs list with brief description

Some have already been shared as standalone followers, in that case I'll add a link.
I also added their IDs so you can easily locate their tintmask in case you want to change or remove their facepaint - since I couldn't add all the variations you can get some of the optional tintmasks from the original mods, rename them to match the NPC ID and replace them manually.

ID: 00000D62
Name: Ainor Halfmer
Race: Nord (Half Altmer)
Skills: Archery, Two-handed, Light Armor, Magic Resistance
Magic: Ice Form Shout, Healing, StoneFlesh
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Ivarstead
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/70617

ID: 0000082A
Name: Azure
Race: Altmer (Half Dunmer)
Skills:  Restoration, Destruction, One-handed
Magic: Heal Others, Ice magic
Factions: Vigilant of Stendarr, Follower, Marriage
Location: Shrine of Azura
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/54686

ID: 00000821
Name: Alizaa
Race: Argonian
Skills: Stealth, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, One-Handed
Magic: Healing, OakFlesh
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Windhelm docks

ID: 00000824
Name: Brock
Race: Nord
Skills: One-handed, Block, Heavy Armor
Magic: Conjure Wolf Spirit (custom spell)
Factions: Companions, Follower, Marriage
Location: Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/49778

ID: 00000830
Name: Dana
Race: Nord
Skills: Block, One-handed axe
Magic: Healing, Ice magic
Factions: Winterhold Guard, Follower, Marriage
Location: Winterhold

ID: 00000820
Name: Dar'kir
Race: Khajiit
Skills: Conjuration
Magic: Healing, Necromancer
Factions: Follower
Location: Dawnstar (Windpeak Inn)

ID: 0000082F
Name: Flavius
Race: Imperial
Skills: Sneak, One-handed, Light Armor
Magic: Healing
Factions: Dark Brotherhood, Follower, Marriage
Location: Falkreath (Grave Concoctions)

ID: 00000825
Name: Julius
Race: Imperial
Skills: One-handed, Heavy Armor
Magic: Healing
Factions: Penitus Oculatus, Follower, Marriage
Location: Dragonbridge (Penitus Oculatus Outpost)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/55379

ID: 0000082E
Name: Liya
Race: Nord
Skills: Restoration, One-handed, Dual Flurry
Magic: Healing, Healing others, Calm
Factions: Temple of Dibella, Follower, Marriage
Location: Markarth (Temple of Dibella)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64374

ID: 00000822
Name: Lysanna
Race: Breton
Skills: Conjuration, Necromancy
Magic: Healing, Oakflesh, Conjure Flame Atronach, Flaming Familiar, Reanimate Corpses
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Winterhold (Frozen Hearth)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/50262

ID: 00000827
Name: Markas
Race: Nord
Skills: Two-handed battleaxe, Heavy Armor
Magic: none
Factions: Companions, Follower, Marriage
Location: Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/49778

ID: 0000082B
Name: Muriel
Race: Bosmer
Skills: Archery, Light Armor, Lockpicking
Magic: Healing
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Riverwood
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/51044

ID: 0000082C
Name: Nissa
Race: Redguard
Skills: One-handed, Dual Flurry, Destruction
Magic: Healing, Fire magic
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Riverwood
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/51044

ID: 00000828
Name: Owen
Race: Nord
Skills: One-handed, Stealth, Lockpicking, Light Armor
Magic: Healing, Fire magic
Factions: Thieves Guild, Follower, Marriage
Location: Riften (Bee and Barb)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/52597

ID: 00000856
Name: Ragnar The Red
Race: Nord
Skills: Two-handed Greatsword, Light Armor
Magic: none
Factions: Follower
Location: Dawnstar (The Wade Base)

ID: 0000085C
Name: Shay The Serpent
Race: Imperial (Tsaesci)
Skills: Restoration, Stealth, One-handed sword
Magic: Healing, Turn Undead, Ward
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Morthal (Highmoon Hall)

ID: 00000829
Name: Teia of the Wade
Race: Breton (Forsworn)
Skills: One-handed axe, Dual Flurry
Magic: Lightning magic, Lesser Ward, Healing
Factions: Follower
Location: Dawnstar (The Wade Base)

ID: 00000826
Name: Valeria
Race: Imperial
Skills: One-handed
Magic: Healing, Fire magic
Factions: Penitus Oculatus, Follower, Marriage
Location: Dragonbridge (Penitus Oculatus Outpost)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/55379

ID: 0000082D
Name: Violet
Race: Dunmer
Skills: Destruction
Magic: Healing, Lightning magic
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Shrine of Azura
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/54686

ID: 0000086C
Name: Yagar
Race: Orc
Skills: One-handed Mace, Heavy Armor, Block
Magic: none
Factions: Orc Friend, Follower, Marriage
Location: Rorikstead (in the fields)

ID: 00000823
Name: Ysa
Race: Breton
Skills: Destruction
Magic: Healing, Ward, Ice magic
Factions: Follower, Marriage
Location: Winterhold (Frozen Hearth)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/50262

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Recommended mods:
- A good skin texture of your choice (I use Bijin for females and my personal blend for males: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/78839 or else I recommend Tempered skin for Males)
- Eye texture of your choice (I use Natural Eyes)
- Brows and Beards by Hvergelmir
- A follower framework like EFF, Nether, ATF, etc.
- Rustic clothing for clothes retextures
- Book of Silence for armor and weapon retextures

Credits:
- Racemenu
- Expressive Facegen Morphs
- KS hairdos
- Koralina EMM
- Community Overlays
- Lamenthia's Marks of Beauty
- Tsaesci Snake eyes by CatofEvilGenius

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Installation
Install via your mod manager or unzip the package and drop it into your Skyrim Data folder.

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HoW FAQs

What if already installed some of those followers?
If you want to keep the all-in-one version, you can uninstall the old mods in a safe way if you follow simple steps: 
- if they have an open quest, be sure it's completed
- remove all items and gear you gave them
- dismiss them
- make a save and quit the game
- disable/delete the mod files
I wouldn't recommend doing so if you married them since you wouldn't be able to remarry a second time. You could just keep the original NPC and disable the body double with the console.

ESL?
The plugin is an ESP flagged as light, so it won't count for your total plugin number.

Are the NPCs custom voiced?
All NPCs use vanilla voices compatible with the follower framework. 
If Alizaa doesn't have the follow me dialogue I recommend using a follower manager or RDO.
I might add some extra dialouge and quests in the future (don't know when or what yet).

I can't find some of them. Where are they? 
You'll find a journal in the Wade house with all the NPCs names and locations. The house is located on the shores of Dawnstar, east to the Sanctuary.
A map in the mod pictures gives the generic location and a more specific one is written in the Readme file in the "AwAssets" texture folder. 
If you can't find them it's probably a glitch or incompatibility with another mod.
First, try fast travel or wait for a few hours. Or just look around harder, some of them are outside and like to wander around :P
If it's just a glitch, try uninstalling the mod, make a clean save, and install again.
If you have mods that change the worldspace or some interior cells it might happen that the spawn point is misplaced and the NPCs will fall in a deep abyss of nothingness. In that case you can only use the console. Type HELP and the name of the NPC to find the ID, then type player.placeatme [ID number] this will create a copy of the NPC, which is not much of a problem since the other one has disappeared into Oblivion. That should be enough to fix it.

Do they work with other follower frameworks?
Yes. I used the vanilla voices for that exact reason. They will be compatible with any framework you like, and you can customize them as much as you please.

Something doesn't work.
Please let me know in the comments what's the specific problem and I'll see what we can do.

They look different from your pictures, why you don't make them standalone?
Is there a High Poly / 3BA / BHUNP / HIMBO version?
I didn't add a skin texture and a body to the NPCs so their appearance will change based on the skin and body you use as default. This will assure that they will blend nicely into your game and will be able to wear any of the armors you build in bodyslides without any weird change of shape or neck seams, and be compatible with any version of the body you want (physics, SOS, underwear, etc.). 
The head meshes use vanilla texture paths so you'll be able to combine them with any texture replacer you like (skin type, eyes, brows, beards, etc.).
The downside is that my morphs are made with one particular skin in mind and when you use a different one, the face might look a bit off, sometimes even weird. 
For the females is less than a problem since all skin textures are pretty in their own way (I use Bijin skin in the pictures), but I noticed that male skins tend to be a lot more different, and for that reason I made my own blend of normal maps and textures that - if you like it - can be applied over your default skin to get a look like the one I intended (you can find it here).
No High Poly support at the moment.
Also note that my permissions are open and anyone is free to make visual replacers or any NPC if they feel like it.

Can you make a patch for this or that mod?
Since the NPCs are completely new and not connected to any other quest or game mechanics other than vanilla, they shouldn't need any patch. But if for some chance some mod gets in conflict with mine, let me know.
As always, anyone is free to make a patch for integration with other mods if they feel like so, and is allowed to post it on Nexus without asking for permission. Just link back to the original mod and let me know so I can add a link too.

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Permissions about my mods
All my mods are free to use, translate, and transform according to fair use as long as you credit and link back to the original files, and don't use them for commercial purposes.
If you modify my files in a meaningful way, you are allowed to earn donation points or get donations, but you must make them accessible to everyone for free, and cannot put them behind a paywall even if it's temporary, as per the game's EULA. 
If you don't want to use or can't access NexusMods, please don't reupload the whole files on another website, I usually upload a mirror version on my website, which is free to download for anyone. Just link back to that one, it will help get people to know about my works and support my future projects.