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About this mod
Brings back some music to the grim North and East!
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
A skald? Is that some kind of bard? "That's about the truth of it. Write tales about the sights I've seen. The battles I've fought.
- Ogmund of Markarth
Every library holds musty old tales
Carried through rain and snow
But a Nord skald gladly regales
What the poets all sang long ago
- The Wandering Skald
You don't like Mikael? "Man gives bards a bad name. We Nords have a long history as warrior poets. I am proud to count myself among them. But Mikael... He sings only for gold and the affections of wenches. He dishonors our traditions."
- Jon Battle-Born
Old Holds
Old Holds is a mod series designed to give more character and distinction to the Holds of The Pale, Winterhold, Eastmarch and The Rift, collectively known as the Old Holds. Inspired mainly by the previous conceptions of Skyrim and the Nords, the series aims to bring noticeable aesthetic, cultural, political and religious differences and make the region stand out from the more Imperialised Western Holds.
Nordic Gods
Clan Names and Titles
Little Shrines of Talos
Library of the Nords
Old Holds is a mod series designed to give more character and distinction to the Holds of The Pale, Winterhold, Eastmarch and The Rift, collectively known as the Old Holds. Inspired mainly by the previous conceptions of Skyrim and the Nords, the series aims to bring noticeable aesthetic, cultural, political and religious differences and make the region stand out from the more Imperialised Western Holds.
Nordic Gods
Clan Names and Titles
Little Shrines of Talos
Library of the Nords
Old Holds - Return of the Skalds
Which of the Holds of Skyrim would you say are the most depressing or grim? I'd bet that you say the Holds of Dawnstar and Winterhold especially. The fact that there are no bards to be found in those Holds might be a factor! This mod adds a bard, (here stylised as a Skald) to the inns of Dawnstar, Winterhold, Nightgate, Kynesgrove and Riften. What is the difference between a bard and a skald? Out of game, quite a bit, but in-game not so much. In my headcanon, the Skalds are more traditional, tellers of tales such as the Songs of Return and the great epics of Nord history, whereas bards are closer to entertainers, with songs like Ragnar the Red and bawdy poems to delight. The Skalds added here are more hardcore than your average "milkdrinker" bard: clad in light armour, painted in war paint, and as comfortable on the battlefield as beside the fire of an inn. They are devotees of the goddess Dibella in her role as patron of artists. In line with the theme of the series, the bards are more appreciated in high society and in the Imperialised West while the old songs and tales still claim the hearts of the East.
ESLified
Requirements
- USSEP
- Anniversary Edition
Recommendations
- BA Bard Songs - More variation of tunes
- Bards Instrumentals Mostly - Sing Rarely - No more endless Ragnar the Red
- Request Bards to take a break - Ditto
- Elda Hates Dark Elves - Might not be to everyone's taste, but is consistent with the character
Future Plans
More dialogue for the new NPCs.
Quests, maybe a Skald's College??
Quests, maybe a Skald's College??