Skyrim Special Edition

About this mod

2024 Quality Update: A lore-friendly hold overhaul for Whiterun and the surrounding area. Includes 81 NPCs in the Whiterun Hold

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This mod overhauls a total of 81 NPCs in the Whiterun area with an emphasis on detailed realistic faces.
The general appearance of NPCs is achieved through a combination of sculpting with Racemenu, Blender and different normal maps. 
(A couple haven't been screenshotted for the 3.0a-b version, but if you can think of it, they are probably included)

This isn't a beauty mod.
There are some pretty NPCs. There are ugly NPCs. There are average NPCs. There are aged NPCs. There are young NPCs.
The goal is to make the worldspace feel that it is inhabited by authentic characters. If your favorite NPC's appearance isn't to your taste, you can use EasyNPC to keep your favorites and replace others.

This mod is RSV ready.
However, you will lose the custom normal maps that I have applied for face and body. The NPCs still look great. Don't worry.

  • As of v3.0a, the default body option is removed.
  • As of v3.0b, RBT is no longer supported.

I unfortunately need to scale back so that I can spend more time on making mods and less time managing and testing multiple versions of the mod. This is why I have removed the default body and RBT versions. The upside to this is that it will be less likely to encounter bugs and it will be easier to troubleshoot the ones that do arise.



If there are any issues/bugs, please use the "Bugs" tab to report it.
I struggle to keep up when they are reported in the comments.
Thank you kindly ♡



NightmareZone@PATREON
Do join, free or donation tier - I add news on what I'm doing when I can, and sometimes you can find unfinished versions of my upcoming mods here - completely free. I appreciate it so much any and all donations but if that's not for you, there are other ways you can support my content - downloading and talking about my mods, patching, translating, taking cool screenshots and sharing, etcetera ❤






Requirements: 


Technically this mod has no requirements, HOWEVER if you want it to function and look as intended, please additionally install:

  • Expressive Facial Animations for Men and Women
  • Either a UNP or CBBE body base.
  • BnP Female Skin and BnP Male Skin, or another skin texture mod of your choosing. If your PC is a potato, try the 2K textures or downscale them to 1K if you need to, using something like CAO.



INSTALL:

1) Download the requirements and the FOMOD installer.
If you are updating, uninstall the old version before installing the new version.

2) Choose your install type and patches. 

3) Check the plugins is loading late. You may have to do this manually with vortex.

4) If you want the 2K tints, get them now from Optional Files and install them over the main mod.

5) Play!









NITHI NPC ENHANCEMENT

DAWNGUARD DLC
SERANA
MARKARTH & THE REACH
THE COMPANIONS
RIFTEN
THIEVES GUILD
NITHI NPC CHARACTER PRESET ARCHIVE



PROJECT COUGAR ELDERS

Bergritte Battleborn
Fralia Greymane
Olava the Feeble
Tilma the Haggard
Hilde from Riverwood
Lillith Maiden-Loom

Inge Six-Fingers
Idgrod Ravencrone

Hafjorg




THANK YOU to all the talented mod authors below for your contribution to NITHI NPCs 
Check them out and show them some love!

A massive thanks to LeelooMinai for general advice & explainations

HEAD AND SKIN:
High Poly Head by KouLeifoh - Offsite
Expressive Facegen Morphs & Expressive Facial Animations by Niroku*
UNP Body Renewal by dimon99, hello santa, Reize and Shiva182
ALT2 by Khisartin at DDS Workshop
BnP Skin Male and Female by swefrida 
Ugly Useless Face Resource by Vobla
Fair Skin Complexion by HHaleyy
Frieds Male Skin Textures by TheFriedturkey 
Vitruvia Skin Texture Overhaul by Mandragorasprouts


FRECKLES, MAKE-UP & SCARS:

Northborn Scars by Northborn
Wolfpaint by DomainWolf*
Koralina's Freckles and Moles by Koralina*
Even More Makeup by Koralina*
Lamenthia's Marks of Beauty by Lamenthia*
Pocky's 4K Human Female Makeup by PockyPunk1*


EYES:
The Eyes of Beauty by LogRaam; SE port by docteure, and 2K remaster by wammy
SG Female Brows by Hello Santa, ported by Senturos
Improved Eye Model by PraedythXVI*

HAIR:
ApachiiSkyHair SSE by Apachii
KS Hairdo's SSE  by Kalilies
HG Hairdos and HG Hairdos 2 (NSFW)
Beards of Power by Mharlek1
Salt and Wind Textures by Shiva182mashanen and dovaya
* no assets used directly, but are baked in the NPC mesh or tint files