About This File
This mod adds Kira’s Adornment, a jewelry shop under Solitude Arch. On the outside it appears an unassuming addition to Solitude, but inside are many secrets tied to the history of the City, secrets that expand the lore of Potema's Catacombs, as well as an old hidden magic forgotten by time.
About Kira:
It’s well known there are fierce undead that reside in the catacombs under Solitude, but there is also a more civilized breed of vampire that prefer finery. Kira is a low-key figure in Solitude commerce, but behind the deceptive facade of her jewelry business she is the gatekeeper to a well-hidden secret of Solitude’s past… and a well-hidden place…
This mod is ment to go with my other mod, Volthar Manor, found here: Volthar Manor
This mod includes:
Kira’s Adornment, a merchant shop under the Solitude Arch.
6 different areas to discover and explore.
Many player home areas, storage, weapon displays.
Many merchants and trading areas, 6 new fences for the Thieves Guild.
Many new NPC’s and followers.
Lots of lore and backstory.
Exterior Arena for fighting dragons and other epic enemies.
2 teleport spells and many summon spells.
Swimming Pool and Argonian playerhome/grotto.
Large Dungeon and Thrall living area.
3 discoverable areas in Skyrim.
A house near Ivarstead.
A grove near Fort Sungard
Many Hidden Areas/easter eggs for both good and evil characters to enjoy.
New weapons, armor, clothes, potions, items to fit with the lore.
This mod contains many puzzles and riddles, and unlike my last mod, I will not be providing a walkthrough, hopefully the pictures are enough!
This mod has some regular content, but also some adult content.
There are many ways to start this mod. Here are two:
- Read the bounty notice Kira left at the Winking Skeever.
- Read the note on Lord Harkon’s desk.
Only DAWNGUARD is required.
To Install, just drop in your Data file, or use a mod manager. If you run it with Volthar Manor, just click yes to overwrite, its not a big deal they just both have the same script for spawnings monsters.
Conflicts:
There definitely will be some, anything that adds to the same area of Skyrim. When I first started making this I was using Dawn of Solitude, and it ran fine with it.
Any mod that alters the area beneath the Arch, or in the locations marked in images.
Permissions:
Anyone can alter, improve, or port this mod.
Future Plans:
Add duel quest line for good/evil characters.
Add faction questline with radiant quests.
Add the unfinished Temple.
Bounty -
Attention mercenaries, a thief named Vilenya has stolen precious items from Kira's Adornments and fled the city. Anyone who brings him to justice and recovers our merchandise will be GENEROUSLY rewarded.
He has most likely taken his stolen wares to Riften. Vilenya is a young dark elf, blonde hair and red eyes, who usually wears mage robes and sandals. He has a recognizable long beard tied in a knot.
Dear Lord Harkon,
I need a worm rooted out and destroyed. His name is Vilenya, a dark elf. He stole my key and fled Solitude. I don't know where he is, probably in the Riften Ratway I would assume, but if he's smart he will flee to the wilderness. He's proven hard to track down. Send your best, and I will add three clean female thralls to your monthly shipment, and if your lackey tracks him down, he or she may use my key. We always welcome the Volikhar in the sanctuary.
Kira
P.S. Is it true you've recovered your Elder Scroll?
Potema's Catacombs
by Lornald Crag-Faller
It is well known that beneath Solitude are many catacombs from the various Kings and Jarls, but perhaps the largest of these labyrinths belong to the wolf queen, mother of emperors, dreaded necromancer, who kept as her consort demons and the undead alike.
In her madness she constructed these catacombs, adding on to (and defiling) existing burial sites, corrupting the dead who slept there to wage her wars. How ironic that beneath the temple of the divines is the historic entrance to her catacombs, sealed off by her old magic.
It has been speculated in her infamy that Potema was in fact a vampire, and kept a coven of fearsome undead warriors recruited from all over Tamriel. Many adventurers have explored her catacombs only to find the undead waiting for them, either draug, vampire, or Talos knows what else. I personally think it is very likely Potema embraced vampirism to further her dominion.
It is a very unsettling that as we sleep, beneath our fair city is a clan of vampires. Many dismiss this as myth, or fear mongering, but I assure you it is the truth.
There are many different areas of her catacombs, but one is different.
It was never a burial site, nor a place of ritual, but something else - a sanctuary of sorts. Yes - a Vampire Sanctuary.
This was told to me by a traveling bard who came to the college, though like some spell, I can only remember his face, - I cannot remember his name though it is forever on the tip of my tounge - like some curse!
He told me that he was on his way to the sanctuary, and wished to bring a romantic prose to his vampire lover who dwelt there - but, and I remember this specifically, - because of the jealousy with another lover, this vampire bard had to sneak in through the catacombs of Potema.
He asked me to join him for a drink, so I went with him, far beneath solitude, and we came to an area within the catacombs that was more like an inn. who lived there?
He told me that after the death of her son and the end of the War, Potema, ever fearing her eventual overthrowing, delved further into the dark arts, and built secret places she could escape to, filling them with the spawn of oblivion, waiting to unleash them upon her enemies.
And her descendants, her vampire descendants, still reside there, in a vampire sanctuary away from the light, hidden in plain sight far beneath solitude, praying on us just enough for us not to notice, but always there - it is a maddening thought!!
So I awoke in my bed, only to remember the intense and lively conversation and nothing else! Whoever I told did not believe me, but I assure you! Heed my warning - beneath Solitude lives a coven of vampires, perhaps they are our true rulers, perhaps they control the Blue Palace court...
Any who seek out the riches of Potema's Catacombs, beware!
