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Lucien - Fully Voiced Follower

Lucien Flavius is a fully-voiced Imperial follower with over 2800 lines of immersive, lore-friendly dialogue. A scholar by trade, Lucien is visiting Skyrim on an expedition and may be found looking for a travelling companion in Dead Man's Drink, in Falkreath. Though he is something of a coward when you first meet him, with barely enough combat skill to hold a sword, he will dynamically learn from you as you travel together, gaining both strength and confidence until he grows into a hero in his own right.

Despite his initial lack of confidence, Lucien is enthusiastic and optimistic and will comment on both your location and active quests (but will stick to whispering while you're sneaking.) He has a small pool of books he can read to you out loud, and will chat to certain NPCs during normal play. He even has custom interactions with 13 other mods, including special banter scenes with Auri, Kaidan and Hoth, written and recorded in collaboration with their original voice actors.

Lucien has his own follower system, so does not contribute towards your follower count. He is essential while he travels with you, although should you choose, you can kill him. He starts at level 10, but will increase in skill as he travels with you, learning both from you and by himself over time. You can also give him lessons in particular skills to accelerate his training. Initially, he knows Frostbite, Flames and Healing, though you can teach him further spells from a select pool if you have a copy of the spell tome to give him. All his spells can be toggled on and off once he has learned them should you no longer wish him to cast them. His combat style is customisable, and he can fight as a warrior, mage or archer in addition to his own default all-rounder style.

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Features

-Over 2800 lines of fully-voiced, immersive, lore-friendly dialogue.
-Full commentary on Skyrim's Main Quest, the College of Winterhold and Companions questlines and numerous side quests.
-Two new quests set in a unique Dwemer ruin built by Darkend creator JKrojmal.
-A stat-based Dynamic Personality System, where Lucien may gain or lose Approval or Bravery based on his interactions with you and the choices you make, altering his behaviour and dialogue.
-A custom Training System where Lucien will gradually gain levels in skills you are better than him at and those relevant to his combat style, accelerated by lessons in specific skills (and spells) you can give him once per in-game day.
-Custom combat AI allowing Lucien to use support spells like Healing Hands and Courage (once taught) and to dynamically select the best cloak spell for each battle.
-A unique horse-riding system, unlocked by completing Lucien's personal quests.
-A small pool of books Lucien can read to you out loud if you have them in your inventory.
-Many customisation options such as combat style and spell-toggling, configurable through dialogue or through the MCM.
-Interaction with 14 other mods, including full commentary on the questlines of Moonpath to Elsweyr and Moon and Star and fully-voiced banter scenes with Inigo, Hoth, Auri, Kaidan and Anna NPCs.

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Requirements

Official Skyrim patch 1.9.32.0.8 or greater
Dawnguard
Hearthfire
Dragonborn

Additionally, if you have SKSE and SkyUI, Lucien's MCM will activate, allowing you to view his stats, change his combat style and toggle his spells on and off. See the Mod Interaction section for details on other mods Lucien can interact with.

Compatibility

At this stage, Lucien's only known incompatibility is with Holds The City Overhaul, which removes Dead Man's Drink from the game. He also falls victim to an issue with Shiva's Vanilla Clothing Replacer, where followers will always prefer Fine Clothes to armo. Additionally, as he has his own custom follower system, I'd advise against trying to manage him using external follower mods such as AFT and EFF - much like Inigo, these are likely to break his brain!

Mod Interaction

Lucien comes with custom interaction with a number of other mods. Most of these trigger automatically if you have the relevant mods installed. Quest and New Lands mods, however, require a patch - these are indicated with a *. This list will grow with each update, but at the moment the mods are:

- Alternate Start - Live Another Life
- Anna NPCs
- Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim
- Helarchen Creek
- Hoth
- Inigo
- Kaidan
- Keld-Nar
- *Moon and Star (Patch)
- *Moonpath to Elsweyr (Patch)
- Recorder
- Sofia
- Song of the Green
- Vilja

FAQ

Q: Where do I find Lucien?
A: He's waiting for you in Dead Man's Drink, in Falkreath.
Q: Can I marry him?
A: Not right now. My focus so far has been on building a strong friendship between Lucien and the player. It's something I may consider in the future, though.
Q: Can he ride a horse?
A: Not yet, but he will be able to in a future update, hopefully soon.
Q: How do I start Lucien's quest?
A: It'll happen naturally once Lucien likes you enough. Ask him if there's anywhere in particular he'd like to see and then some time later, when he's ready, it'll be sprung upon you.
Q: I modified Lucien myself and now he doesn't work anymore.
A: I'm afraid I really can't recommend or provide support for people modifying Lucien themselves - it's simply too unpredictable and difficult to troubleshoot.
Q: I found a bug!
A: Sorry about that - please let me know and I'll get it fixed ASAP.
Q: I have an idea for a feature Lucien should have.
A: Great! Tell me all about it in the comments.
Q: I'm the modder/voice actor behind another custom-voiced follower mod and think it'd be cool if our followers could interact.
A: Awesome! Send me a PM and I'd be delighted to start setting up some conversations.


Credits

Joseph Russell (Treacleman/Mythicia77) - Everything not listed below
JKrojmal - Level Design
Waribiki - Writing and Voice Acting for Auri Interaction
Jase180 - Writing and Voice Acting for Hoth Interaction
Livtempleton - Writing for Kaidan Interaction
Daniel Matthew Lemon - Voice Acting for Kaidan Interaction
Anduniel - Writing and Voice Acting for AnnaNPCs Interaction
Niborino9409 - Face Design, Testing and Screenshots
AugustBeast - Testing
Gnewna - Testing
PhysicsFish - Testing
Craseydreams29 - Testing
TheBlackCr0w - Testing
GarnetSan - Testing
Smartbluecat - Providing access to Inigo's voice pack and permission to use him in conversations with Lucien
Hanaisse - Oblivion Gate resources
Vicn - Creature resources