Mods to make Skyrim more Grim?

[Marshalzukov]

What I mean by that is stuff like this:

 

Soldiers getting executed and/or raped for cowardice

(generic) npc's committing suicide

Witnessing DB contracts unfold

Victims of banditry (corpses or rape victims) in the roads

Dead patrols of soldiers, maybe even patrols that have been scavenged

More dead Talos worshippers, summarily executed after capture

Victims of racial violence. (Argonians, Khajiit, Dunmer)

Dead and/or raped guild members (generic students of winterhold, generic companions members, dead thieves, etc.)

People executed on suspicion of being forsworn.

More drug addicts.

Etc.

Just things to make Skyrim actually feel like the decaying, dying province that it is. Full of distrust, depravity, and harsh realities.

[FauxFurry]

That is a bit much to have in a single request. I'll just add a few for now and leave it up to others to fill out that list over time.

Skyrim's Dead, Public Executions, Hanged Man's Tree, Headhunter and Gallows of Skyrim covers the various angles of execution, both aesthetic and functional.

Immersive World Encounters and Civil War Aftermath cover some of the consequences of war in their random encounters and quests among other things.

Buxom Wench Yuriana has the abducted women who sometimes meet with grisly fates as part of the various questlines found in the mod.

Inconsequential NPC is the best means of adding new drug addicts to towns though one will have to track down a conversion or do it oneself though Citizens of Tamriel adds a few (fully uniquely voiced, at that).

Handicapped Citizens adds people maimed and disfigured by the hazards of Skyrim.

Argonian Skin Shoes, Khajiit Gears and Forbidden Luxury feature the ability to buy or craft clothing and armor from Argonians and Khajiit while More Racism in Windhelm/Better Windhelm and Stormcloaks does what one might think from the titles.

[belegost]

9 hours ago, Marshalzukov said:

Soldiers getting executed and/or raped

suicide

Victims of banditry in the roads

Dead patrols of soldiers, maybe even patrols that have been scavenged

Victims of racial violence

More drug addicts.

Fuck man, why do you want your fantasy Skyrim to be modern day Caucasus?

[Marshalzukov]

I feel like Skyrim is supposed to be grimdark, but Bethesda wasn't willing to commit to that. You can see glimpses of it in a few quests and locations. I just want to commit.

[FauxFurry]

9 hours ago, Marshalzukov said:

I feel like Skyrim is supposed to be grimdark, but Bethesda wasn't willing to commit to that. You can see glimpses of it in a few quests and locations. I just want to commit.

The irony of their toning everything down to attain more mainstream appeal is that Game of Thrones, Elden Ring and The Witcher have gained as much or more mainstream appeal as they have by leaning into the Grimdark Berserk elements.