!Maidens of Darkness custom Voiced follower Nayyira

[xerxes22]

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!Maidens of Darkness custom Voiced follower Nayyira

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Welcome to my first mod!   

 

This mod changes Nayyira from !Maidens of Darkness to a voiced custom follower!  This mod requires Nayyira to still be captured in her starting location. A new save is recommended.  If you talk to her, you can start a very small quest to get revenge on the slaver that captured her.

 

Since this is my first mod I am asking for feedback.  Please let me know what you think!  I used an AI voice from elevenlabs and suffered some (alot lol) through the learning process. I would love to know what you think.  There are a little more than 15 lines so far.  I will likely not update this again until I add the next stage of the quest.  Version one is short and could be considered episode one.  

 

REQUIRES !Maidens of Darkness see link below

 

 

Find Nayyira here 

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East of Falkreath near Pinewatch.  She is in a prison cell next to the bridge that is controlled by bandits.

 

Future plans

Spoiler

• extend quest to hunt down vampire coven
• add location awareness

 

Version notes

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Version 0.0.2

• moved Nayyira's captor to Cracked Tusk Keep
• restored Nayyira's weight to 50

Version 0.0.3

• added voice

Version 0.0.4

• improved voice
• added hellos

Version 0.0.5-9 failed attempts to improve voice

 

Version 1.0.0 new AI voice model used from elevenlabs...still not perfect but hopefully acceptable for now.

 

 

Big thank you to RowdyD1313 for giving me permission to use his mod!

 

!Maidens of Darkness is required, I have tested it with 1.0.9a and 1.1.0b.  I don't think the version matters.

 

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• Submitter
  xerxes22
• Submitted
  05/17/2025
• Category
  Regular Mods
• Requirements
  https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/24311-maidens-of-darkness/
• Regular Edition Compatible
• Install Instructions

 

[brussh]

!MOD places someone in the cage by pinewatch. I have rescused her so will give it a whirl  

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and then I read fully and comprehended.  building a new list for new game so will give it a whirl then.

 

a few moments later....

 

Worked fine on level 200 and something. 700 or so mods, I had recruited her as a gaurd at Hjertsten Hall, picked her up from them and let her fuck up, was it Wilfred? at Amol which is under Imperial rule. Wars over. Did what it said on the tin. Voice be cool. the silence was deafening 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2025 by brussh

[xerxes22]

1 hour ago, brussh said:

!MOD places someone in the cage by pinewatch. I have rescused her so will give it a whirl  

EDIT

and then I read fully and comprehended.  building a new list for new game so will give it a whirl then.

 

a few moments later....

 

Worked fine on level 200 and something. 700 or so mods, I had recruited her as a gaurd at Hjertsten Hall, picked her up from them and let her fuck up, was it Wilfred? at Amol which is under Imperial rule. Wars over. Did what it said on the tin. Voice be cool. the silence was deafening 

 

 

thanks! I really appreciate the feedback.  Yes Wilfred was the slaver.  I'm happy it worked for you I will start working on making it better, I'd love to add voice.

 

[Heartless1206]

mod quest is good, i would personaly maybe fix or add a max weight mod so the body portons for those who want yuriana body size.

 

 

are you planning to make quest similar to this one per madien that been captured?

[xerxes22]

On 5/20/2025 at 7:29 PM, Heartless1206 said:

mod quest is good, i would personaly maybe fix or add a max weight mod so the body portons for those who want yuriana body size.

 

 

are you planning to make quest similar to this one per madien that been captured?

Thanks! I am just working on Nayyira for now.  There are sooo many !Maidens in Rowdy's mod.  I don't plan on doing more but we'll see, it's fun to have a back story even if it's short and simple imo.  For now I'm just trying to learn how to mod, today I'm trying to move the slaver to Cracked Tusk Keep instead of Fort Amol but I'm struggling a bit with some simple things.   

 

I will fix the weight, I forgot that I made her weight 10 for personal preference, I will change that back to whatever Rowdy had it set to.  I'd really like to add voice if I can. 

 

Thanks for the feedback and for testing it out! 

[kamithemoon]

If you're very interested in a full custom voice for her, you might check out RVC.  RVC is a free voice changer that is really quite good.  There are thousands of models available you can pick up to suit your needs and for best emotional impact, you can use it with your own voice.  Just bear in mind it can't whisper or shout and emotions are slightly muted.  When I use it myself, I have to talk slightly slower and slightly monotone to get the best results.  Talking animated or with a lot of emotions causes audio tearing.

[xerxes22]

4 hours ago, kamithemoon said:

If you're very interested in a full custom voice for her, you might check out RVC.  RVC is a free voice changer that is really quite good.  There are thousands of models available you can pick up to suit your needs and for best emotional impact, you can use it with your own voice.  Just bear in mind it can't whisper or shout and emotions are slightly muted.  When I use it myself, I have to talk slightly slower and slightly monotone to get the best results.  Talking animated or with a lot of emotions causes audio tearing.

Thanks, that's basically been my experience with eleven labs so far....I'm using the voice changer for like 95% and it's better than the "text to voice" option but if I speak in a monotone voice it comes out horrible, so I have to mimic the inflections of the base voice actor to get decent results.....which has been challenging but I think I'm getting better at it.

 

I thought I got the voice to sound a bit better with the update I dropped last night....did you try that one?  It's v0.0.4 , if you think it's not very good please let me know, won't hurt my feelings.

 

[kamithemoon]

9 hours ago, xerxes22 said:

Thanks, that's basically been my experience with eleven labs so far....I'm using the voice changer for like 95% and it's better than the "text to voice" option but if I speak in a monotone voice it comes out horrible, so I have to mimic the inflections of the base voice actor to get decent results.....which has been challenging but I think I'm getting better at it.

 

I thought I got the voice to sound a bit better with the update I dropped last night....did you try that one?  It's v0.0.4 , if you think it's not very good please let me know, won't hurt my feelings.

 

I wasn't aware that 11labs had a voice modulator feature.  I thought it was all text to speech.  But I can't afford 11 labs so I never really bothered to look into it.

 

To be honest, I'm not using your mod.  I just picked it up because I was curious how she sounded and how many voices files she had.  But since the most recent upload is the only one I've listened to, I can't compare it with any previous version to say if the new lines sound better or not.  I'd say she does sound a bit too robotic though, in my opinion.  But I'm looking forward to see what you do with her.

 

I've been wanting a professional voiced lovers lab follower for forever but no one's made one yet to my knowledge.  There are a few smaller follower mods but they're not quest aware and the sound quality on their microphones are generally terrible.  A few AI voiced follower mods have appeared but in my opinion, using that much AI, breaks immersion and hurts emotional attachment to the follower.  So what I've been hoping for is an RVC voiced follower, which is just a person with a modulated voice.  They'd be able to capture emotion quite well, though admittedly, some talent is still needed as my own attempts at it lack a bit of gravitas =P.

[xerxes22]

2 hours ago, kamithemoon said:

I wasn't aware that 11labs had a voice modulator feature.  I thought it was all text to speech.  But I can't afford 11 labs so I never really bothered to look into it.

 

To be honest, I'm not using your mod.  I just picked it up because I was curious how she sounded and how many voices files she had.  But since the most recent upload is the only one I've listened to, I can't compare it with any previous version to say if the new lines sound better or not.  I'd say she does sound a bit too robotic though, in my opinion.  But I'm looking forward to see what you do with her.

 

I've been wanting a professional voiced lovers lab follower for forever but no one's made one yet to my knowledge.  There are a few smaller follower mods but they're not quest aware and the sound quality on their microphones are generally terrible.  A few AI voiced follower mods have appeared but in my opinion, using that much AI, breaks immersion and hurts emotional attachment to the follower.  So what I've been hoping for is an RVC voiced follower, which is just a person with a modulated voice.  They'd be able to capture emotion quite well, though admittedly, some talent is still needed as my own attempts at it lack a bit of gravitas =P.

 

Thanks for the feedback....I only spent $5 on the eleven labs for one month....I don't plan on spending more.  I'm hoping I can make it better before the month runs out but I'm downloading the RVC program you posted so I'll see if I can figure it out, it's like 5 gigs! so maybe I'll have it downloaded by tomorrow lol.

 

[Wolfen09]

The voices arent quite there as youve said, but its better than just text to speech stuff, funnily enough your recent version makes her sound like the oblivion remastered npcs with its stiffness in spots in the line delivery.  Honestly impressed you got it to that point too, it shows you put in the work and are wanting to improve upon it.  So idk shit about ai voices or eleven labs, but i do know that in the bwy discord where ive seen you, that both koz himself and menace1by5 have used it to make really good lines in the past (koz is even using some of menace's for myrianni i think).  If you need help or pointers, ping them in the creation kit help section, im sure theyd be more than happy to give ya some pointers if you want it.  

[xerxes22]

18 hours ago, Wolfen09 said:

The voices arent quite there as youve said, but its better than just text to speech stuff, funnily enough your recent version makes her sound like the oblivion remastered npcs with its stiffness in spots in the line delivery.  Honestly impressed you got it to that point too, it shows you put in the work and are wanting to improve upon it.  So idk shit about ai voices or eleven labs, but i do know that in the bwy discord where ive seen you, that both koz himself and menace1by5 have used it to make really good lines in the past (koz is even using some of menace's for myrianni i think).  If you need help or pointers, ping them in the creation kit help section, im sure theyd be more than happy to give ya some pointers if you want it.  

Thanks! I'm kinda stuck so I may have to ask them for help.  I spent all Saturday trying a new voice model only to have the same problems, some of the lines are ok and some are no good.  It's been a learning process and taking alot longer than I wanted, initially I wasn't planning on making voice at all, I just wanted to learn how to build quests and now I'm bogged down with trying to make it... acceptable.  Thanks again for the feedback it means alot to me.

[Darsie]

I keep seeing people say "a new save is required" on their mods and it confuses me. 

Do they mean,  a "new game" or a "new start"?

New save sounds like you need to reload or something.

[Wolfen09]

7 hours ago, Darsie said:

I keep seeing people say "a new save is required" on their mods and it confuses me. 

Do they mean,  a "new game" or a "new start"?

New save sounds like you need to reload or something.

 

A new save is considered selecting new game from the main menu

[xerxes22]

yes Wolfen09 is correct......however if you have already been playing Rowdy's mod and Nayyira is still captured in her cage then you should be fine to play my mod with your current save.