!Maidens of Darkness

[Drake0094]

22 minutes ago, RowdyD1313 said:

Odd she should work either way. I'd try using Nether's follower framework. 

Nether's Follower Framework at Skyrim Special Edition Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)

I see. I'll try it out will tell you later if it worked

 

[nikos00]

Sorry for my bad english in advance. I have a question, are the people who have the lists supposed to be enemies? I only managed to find the first 3 before having to use additem to see what other lists i was missing. Except for pete and hisoka, the other ones where neutral, so i dont know if a had met the other npcs in some of the dungeons and missed them or if they where somewhere else. Still enjoying your mod very much, keep up the good work!

[RowdyD1313]

36 minutes ago, nikos00 said:

Sorry for my bad english in advance. I have a question, are the people who have the lists supposed to be enemies? I only managed to find the first 3 before having to use additem to see what other lists i was missing. Except for pete and hisoka, the other ones where neutral, so i dont know if a had met the other npcs in some of the dungeons and missed them or if they where somewhere else. Still enjoying your mod very much, keep up the good work!

Yes they are supposed to be enemies. They'll be fixed in the next update.

They are Unlucky Pete, Annie, Paul, Rex, Trevor, Hisoka, and Old Jenkins. 

[Mikochi35p]

Can I know how many follower does this mod have? thanks!

[RowdyD1313]

5 hours ago, Mikochi35p said:

Can I know how many follower does this mod have? thanks!

The mod sits at 41 followers.

[billyjim2]

It's always nice to see an update for this mod!

 

I have actually been using these followers for some more image sets, this one is pretty straight forward: Seriel (I think, there is so many names to keep track of! ?) has been captured by some vampire hunters and is about to be interrogated, though her... eagerness seems to disturb her captor. 

 

I've also been working on some others involving Leah and Alisandra as well, though those have more sequences and are more involved. (I will probably need to find a better place to post them unironically) But your characters are some of the best screenshot material I have found, and it helps that there is so many of them! You also seem to have some nice environmental storytelling already that gives me some ideas to work with for most of them, but if you have any particularly concrete ideas about what a maiden's personality is like/why they were captured/who they were captured by, definitely let me know! Keep up the good work! ??

[RowdyD1313]

18 hours ago, billyjim2 said:

It's always nice to see an update for this mod!

 

I have actually been using these followers for some more image sets, this one is pretty straight forward: Seriel (I think, there is so many names to keep track of! ?) has been captured by some vampire hunters and is about to be interrogated, though her... eagerness seems to disturb her captor. 

 

I've also been working on some others involving Leah and Alisandra as well, though those have more sequences and are more involved. (I will probably need to find a better place to post them unironically) But your characters are some of the best screenshot material I have found, and it helps that there is so many of them! You also seem to have some nice environmental storytelling already that gives me some ideas to work with for most of them, but if you have any particularly concrete ideas about what a maiden's personality is like/why they were captured/who they were captured by, definitely let me know! Keep up the good work! ??

I LOVE IT! The baffled look of your interrogator like she's saying "Ah, your not supposed to be enjoying this" lol
These are some beautiful shots ?

I love that Seriel would have eagerness towards this interrogation. I think she would act that way and fits her personality.

Can't wait to see more!

 

Here's a little about Calia and Cassandra.

 

Calia - She's the second of rare vampire bloodline, one thought extinct and won't talk about her former sire other than she was a slave to for many years before getting an opportunity to have him slayed by vampire hunters. While he rested in his lair, she used her magics to help lead them to his inner most sanctum where he was slaughtered and beheaded. Spitting a curse to her now dead sire, she fled through night and shadows to skyrim. Here she's been trying to help maidens who've a beaten down by life, misfortune, or other dark circumstances. She offers her "gift" (vampire embrace) to those worthy but won't force it upon others like she herself was.  Her bloodline lets those embraced keep their beauty if albeit that in some cases it slightly changes their looks somewhat; radiant eyes, odd skin/hair colors, etc. Her personality she likes to play herself off as mysterious though she has a playful - sexy - devilish/mischievous side and more than once she's gotten herself into jam. It's her good nature that most of the maidens she's helped choose to follower her.

Cassandra - The first to be embraced by Calia, studious, taction, down to earth, advises Calia. She is very calculating, cold and precise when it comes to protecting her sire. Though she advises Calia on many things, Calia is known for telling her to lighten up or go with the flow. She has a dark sense of humor and should she crack a joke in front of everyone who knows her they'd be stunned. Why dose she speak sultry then? It's her ploy to lure the unwary so she can gain more information about them falling into her trap many have perished by hands. Cassandra has a protective caring older sister vibe when it comes to Tatyana - Bianca's twin sister, and Lily. The three are often seen discussing arcane formulas or mysteries and legends.

 

Yeah I might have to set up a forum so people can post their pics and stories.

There, forum set up for sharing pics and stories here:

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by RowdyD1313

[Mikochi35p]

13 hours ago, RowdyD1313 said:

The mod sits at 41 followers.

DAMN thats a LOT. Alright this is already one of the masterpiece mod that I encountered. Great work!

[nikos00]

Hello again, for the third time I think jaja. Any tips on how to download big files from mega free? Waiting for 6 hours to kepp enjoying the mod is killing me. Love the orc maidens by the way.

[RowdyD1313]

7 hours ago, nikos00 said:

Hello again, for the third time I think jaja. Any tips on how to download big files from mega free? Waiting for 6 hours to kepp enjoying the mod is killing me. Love the orc maidens by the way.

6 hours?!  wow sorry to hear it takes that long. It really shouldn't be that long. Perhaps your firewall or internet connection is slowing things down?? 

[billyjim2]

17 hours ago, RowdyD1313 said:

I LOVE IT! The baffled look of your interrogator like she's saying "Ah, your not supposed to be enjoying this" lol
These are some beautiful shots ?

I love that Seriel would have eagerness towards this interrogation. I think she would act that way and fits her personality.

Can't wait to see more!

 

Here's a little about Calia and Cassandra.

 

Calia - She's the second of rare vampire bloodline, one thought extinct and won't talk about her former sire other than she was a slave to for many years before getting an opportunity to have him slayed by vampire hunters. While he rested in his lair, she used her magics to help lead them to his inner most sanctum where he was slaughtered and beheaded. Spitting a curse to her now dead sire, she fled through night and shadows to skyrim. Here she's been trying to help maidens who've a beaten down by life, misfortune, or other dark circumstances. She offers her "gift" (vampire embrace) to those worthy but won't force it upon others like she herself was.  Her bloodline lets those embraced keep their beauty if albeit that in some cases it slightly changes their looks somewhat; radiant eyes, odd skin/hair colors, etc. Her personality she likes to play herself off as mysterious though she has a playful - sexy - devilish/mischievous side and more than once she's gotten herself into jam. It's her good nature that most of the maidens she's helped choose to follower her.

Cassandra - The first to be embraced by Calia, studious, taction, down to earth, advises Calia. She is very calculating, cold and precise when it comes to protecting her sire. Though she advises Calia on many things, Calia is known for telling her to lighten up or go with the flow. She has a dark sense of humor and should she crack a joke in front of everyone who knows her they'd be stunned. Why dose she speak sultry then? It's her ploy to lure the unwary so she can gain more information about them falling into her trap many have perished by hands. Cassandra has a protective caring older sister vibe when it comes to Tatyana - Bianca's twin sister, and Lily. The three are often seen discussing arcane formulas or mysteries and legends.

 

Yeah I might have to set up a forum so people can post their pics and stories.

There, forum set up for sharing pics and stories here:

 

 

Thanks for the input! I recognized that Calia (and by extension, Cassandra) definitely seem to be one of your most "advertised" characters, so I was definitely planning on doing something special involving her, though I will probably do something with her later and I'm still kinda new to screenshotting and still actively trying to get better. (Same goes for Bianca and Belladonna, I remember these 3 made up the "OGs" or whatever you want to call them ?) Honestly my main issue is that I never feel like my lighting is correct, ENB's are just usually super dark in almost all interiors, and even "better facelight" still can come off as a bit jarring when the rest of their body is shrouded in shadow. And when I try and just mess around with the ENB settings too much, it tends to just look bad.

 

I also vaguely remember the short descriptions you had for the 6-7 maidens before you went into overdrive mode and added another 30+, so I've also been working with those a bit. (specifically in regards to the Thalmor agent defector, I keep forgetting her name though, I hope to have that one done sometime tonight) 

 

And I will most definitely be taking advantage of your new forum! Maybe I will also start adding some short stories/context to the sets now, as stated I usually like to have some sort of actual "background" to the sets I take, even the one-off sets that only deal with a single scene.

[nikos00]

3 hours ago, RowdyD1313 said:

6 hours?!  wow sorry to hear it takes that long. It really shouldn't be that long. Perhaps your firewall or internet connection is slowing things down?? 

It is due to download capacity, after excedeing a certain amount it will ask you to pay or wait, the download itself was less than 10 minutes. but the waiting time is 6hs. Just came back and it bugged itself so thats why I'm asking how you guys do it? Or does it not block the download in other countries?

[RowdyD1313]

4 minutes ago, nikos00 said:

It is due to download capacity, after excedeing a certain amount it will ask you to pay or wait, the download itself was less than 10 minutes. but the waiting time is 6hs. Just came back and it bugged itself so thats why I'm asking how you guys do it? Or does it not block the download in other countries?

Hmm it could be based on country, I'm not sure. 

[CGI_Models]

Happy Weekend!

I am unsure what to download for the new version?
 

I also downloaded the what I thought were the body slides "!CCTBD5.zip" however nothing shows up in the body slide menus. 

 

Help would be appreciated. Thank you 

 

Download your files

5 files

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• 9fkS2bTI

  / Thursday at 10:32 PM

  Download

• !MoD FairSkin.zip

  151.06 MB / October 8

  Download

• !MoD Demoniac Skin.zip

  73.54 MB / October 8

  Download

• !MoD Original Textures Diamond Skin.zip

  103.6 MB / October 9

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• !Magical Mayhem.zip

  153.21 kB / Thursday at 10:32 PM

[RowdyD1313]

2 hours ago, CGI_Models said:

Happy Weekend!

I am unsure what to download for the new version?
 

I also downloaded the what I thought were the body slides "!CCTBD5.zip" however nothing shows up in the body slide menus. 

 

Help would be appreciated. Thank you 

 

Download your files

5 files

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• 9fkS2bTI

  / Thursday at 10:32 PM

  Download

• !MoD FairSkin.zip

  151.06 MB / October 8

  Download

• !MoD Demoniac Skin.zip

  73.54 MB / October 8

  Download

• !MoD Original Textures Diamond Skin.zip

  103.6 MB / October 9

  Download

• !Magical Mayhem.zip

  153.21 kB / Thursday at 10:32 PM

• You want the top one which is the main file, it's named funny because it's a mega link.
• The 3 below the first are just skin replacements for the followers, If you want a different skin (note the main file already has Diamond textures).
• The bottom file is an optional file that has requirements if you want the spellcasting followers to use unique different spells. 

 

Yes !CCTBD5 are bodyslide files for Touched By Dibella bodies and will only show up if you have TBD installed. If installed try closing and opening bodyslide again and check. Reports of presets not showing up unless it's open a second time. Weird, I know. If they still don't show up try manually installing them. -Still can get them? Dm me and I'll send ya the presets.

 

Make sure you have the Outfit/Body set to the setting below;

I hope this helps.

[Vraylle]

Was the new 1.0.7 version supposed to have removed ZaZ animations, or just ZaZ-related outfits? It still has the animations ESM as a master.

[RowdyD1313]

5 minutes ago, Vraylle said:

Was the new 1.0.7 version supposed to have removed ZaZ animations, or just ZaZ-related outfits? It still has the animations ESM as a master.

Just the Zaz related outfits. The animations are still needed.

[thejkv]

Hi I think I'm just being really stupid right now. But I have the first 6 girls and I didn't find pete's comrade at any of the locations. I probably am just blind but if you were to tell me where he was would be appreciated, thanks!

[RowdyD1313]

9 hours ago, thejkv said:

Hi I think I'm just being really stupid right now. But I have the first 6 girls and I didn't find pete's comrade at any of the locations. I probably am just blind but if you were to tell me where he was would be appreciated, thanks!

Annie's at the wreck of winter warmaiden - where you find Lily

[darksong]

nice work, having a lot of fun with this. Trying to see if I can fill up the BBLS with all the girls.   Couple of questions - I'm using NFF for a follower mod, and if I dismiss them from my party - usually right before parking them in a player home - it says they are going home. Does your mod have default "home" locations for the ladies?

 

Also I've found a few places where the local bandits AND the <whatever> Maidens are attacking the girl at that location.  In particular, where Lily is at, she gets bullied as hell, every time. Occasionally other locations the girl gets abused by the local bandits and such as well. Also Felindra seems to draw aggro from the Imperial camp nearby for me as well.   

 

Some of these issues may be because my SE install (locked on version before AE) is pretty sick, and regularly corrupts saves. Also, I am still on 1.06, I'll be loading 1.07 later today. Just wondering if you've seen/heard of the girls getting bullied by the locals, and if it's intended.

[RowdyD1313]

54 minutes ago, darksong said:

nice work, having a lot of fun with this. Trying to see if I can fill up the BBLS with all the girls.   Couple of questions - I'm using NFF for a follower mod, and if I dismiss them from my party - usually right before parking them in a player home - it says they are going home. Does your mod have default "home" locations for the ladies?

 

Also I've found a few places where the local bandits AND the <whatever> Maidens are attacking the girl at that location.  In particular, where Lily is at, she gets bullied as hell, every time. Occasionally other locations the girl gets abused by the local bandits and such as well. Also Felindra seems to draw aggro from the Imperial camp nearby for me as well.   

 

Some of these issues may be because my SE install (locked on version before AE) is pretty sick, and regularly corrupts saves. Also, I am still on 1.06, I'll be loading 1.07 later today. Just wondering if you've seen/heard of the girls getting bullied by the locals, and if it's intended.

Hmmm they shouldn't be bullied. The prisoner faction should prevent this until they are rescued. So that is odd.

They don't have a home location, I usually use "My Home is your Home" and it works well. If not using this they might return to where you found them. I had couple users say they found them at their original locations.

[Guest]

Does this update remove the bindings they keep going back to? Asking, because this is one of the main mods I use. Awesome work. I'm waiting for this to be resolved before I start a new game.

[RowdyD1313]

2 hours ago, Clint555 said:

Does this update remove the bindings they keep going back to? Asking, because this is one of the main mods I use. Awesome work. I'm waiting for this to be resolved before I start a new game.

Yes in the latest version 1.0.7 I removed the bindings

[xerxes22]

On 12/10/2023 at 2:21 PM, RowdyD1313 said:

Hmmm they shouldn't be bullied. The prisoner faction should prevent this until they are rescued. So that is odd.

They don't have a home location, I usually use "My Home is your Home" and it works well. If not using this they might return to where you found them. I had couple users say they found them at their original locations.

@ Rowdy, I wanted to post this same issue and just saw darksong's post too.  I have been duplicating this issue at Nilheim with the Guards there which appear to be part of the guard bandit faction if I'm looking them up correctly......I tried stripping down my game to just the Maidens, SexLab, and Zaz as active plugins on 1.6.640 and they still attack the Maiden while she's bound.....I'm stumped?? Not a deal breaker for me, I still love the mod but I can't figure this one out.  ////edit///// This was loaded on a clean save

    

Edited December 13, 2023 by xerxes22

[RowdyD1313]

9 hours ago, xerxes22 said:

@ Rowdy, I wanted to post this same issue and just saw darksong's post too.  I have been duplicating this issue at Nilheim with the Guards there which appear to be part of the guard bandit faction if I'm looking them up correctly......I tried stripping down my game to just the Maidens, SexLab, and Zaz as active plugins on 1.6.640 and they still attack the Maiden while she's bound.....I'm stumped?? Not a deal breaker for me, I still love the mod but I can't figure this one out.  ////edit///// This was loaded on a clean save

    

Yeah I think they attack do to them being a trigger event from a quest so they're not set up like normal bandits. Much like the mistwatch bandits are their own faction, they too might have their own faction which I probably didn't catch. I'll probably move her from there to better location as I'm working on some new enemies and ideas. I'd like to create some of my own enemy camps/hideouts, new places to explore to rescue them from.