LE return of the king of worms? possible mod/quest

[wolfpack91]

now ill start by saying im a big fan of necromancy in magic oriented games, and the ending of the oblivion mages guild about Mannimarco really dissapointed me. i mean come on he was trained by the psijics and was the first lich ever, killed countless very tallented mages and hinted to the fact he could preform a perfect reanimate / resurrection where the subject would still be functional, he survived a very hardcore mage war (hinted by the book Mannimarco king of worms) braged about killing and enthralling countless arch-mages. and my Tyemar (high elf sorceress and my goto girl for OP mage playthroughs) comes in and one shots him with a custom spell and kills him. VERY DISAPPOINTING.
now with skyrim there unravels an oppertunity to bring him back in force and stronger than ever. there are a few ways i have come up with that this could be possible.

 

#1: all liches have a Phylactery. an object that houses their soul. some lore states that a lich can never truly die untill their soul is set free by destroying the object or unbinding the soul from it. also if a liches physical body is destroyed or displaced it can reconstitute a new one at the phylactery however time consuming, some myths state it can happen in a matter of weeks and some take years or even decades. skyrim takes place 200 years after the supposed Death of Mannimarco more than enough time for him to reconstitute a new body and establish a base and partially rebuild the order of worms.

 

#2: in skyrim there is a quest where a bunch of necromancers are trying to ressurect the soul of potema the wolf queen however unsucessful due to that stupid dovahkiin alwas mettling where he / she dont belong. so if it can be done with her then why not mannimarco, could be a quest that goes two ways either stop the ritual and prevent mannimarco from returning or jump in headlong and help compleate it. that would also open up a new guild / faction to quest for. it would give necromancers the meaning in life or unlife they really deserve.

 

#3: he never really died.. ok ill admit this one seems real cheezy and un-thoughtout. and it really is im not going to lie. but still i mean he's a lich and technicly died the day he made the transformation so whos to say the finnishing blow in echo cave mearly temporarly severed the link between his soul and his body. as for why he remained hidden well that will vary from person to person but for me the excuse would have been out of fear / respect for the arch mage that incapacitated him ( all my play throughs in oblivion were vampires and as such had VERY LONG lifespan so could still be alive in skyrim as part of the synod or wandering mage)

 

But those are a few ideas i had. i wouid really like it if someone could take it up or partner up with me to help create it (i suck at modding but am getting better and a project this size would likely take me years on my own) im a good writer and can spin a decent story but the actual creation is my weak point. i was learning scripting in new vegas but with skyrim's new payprus scripting im more lost than an idiot child in the crowd at the world cup. personally i would love to just inspire another Modder to take it and run but thats more out of greed (i surf the nexus for content ive never seen before and it takes the fun out of a mod like this if i already know where to go and what to do and how to do it)

 

But any way theres my idea. some one PLEASE TAKE IT!!!!!!!!!! i can help write out story. im good at that.

[oj480]

Sounds mostly good, I'd like to see this too. Someone have a look at this shniz.

[ProfessorPersona15]

I'd love to see this, too! I did poke around and do some minor tweaks to my own game, but nothing that can be considered a full mod. I would love it if someone decided to go for it and make the mod. I used to do a ton of mods for Morrowind, and I love doing it, but I don't currently have that kind of time in my life. If anyone else is interested in this, though, I'd be happy to chip in some effort.