LE Sovngarde's Glory

[ObliviousMan]

Hey there! So my Idea for a Mod is pretty simple. I chose this idea instead of my other big wish for Skyim (Which was to be able to play as a Dragon because that's freaking awesome) because the alternative was a little ridiculous and far too difficult for anyone to make into a mod, even WITH the construction set. WARNING: The Mod Idea contains some semi-minor spoilers for the main questline.

 

Sovngarde.

 

Since the day I found out that Dovahkin would be visiting Sovngarde at some point during the main quest, I was ecstatic. I had pondered how that was going to happen. I had hoped that the game would let me know that I had to visit Sovngarde and then pitted me up against a Legion of Dragons or some sort of thing that would tear me to shreds, killing me and sending me to Sovngarde. I wanted to actually die in the game and go to Sovngarde the old fashioned way. Then later find a way to return to the realm of the living! You can imagine my disappointment when I was told that I would be entering Sovngarde through some never-before-mentioned-the-possibility-of Stargate that would plop me down in the afterlife! I didn't feel like the game was treating Sovngarde like the place where the Souls of Valiant Warriors go when they pass from one life to the next. I felt the game was simply treating it like a different dimension, or some sort of thing where it was possible to be alive. I always imagined Sovngarde as an ethereal realm looking much like it did in the game, where the living could not tread.

 

Therefore, I wish for a mod to be created (Once Construction set is out) that would change the fact that the game automatically loads the last save game when you die and instead teleports you to the Sovngarde Cell with no way out. That way, you can be immersed enough to enjoy a meal with your fellow fallen heroes and then load your last same game manually when you're done. It seems simple enough, and the NPC's don't even have to say anything as they all have their default responses that are fine to use (Albeit slightly rude), but that doesn't even need to be where it ends. You could add quests! Nothing too big, just a questline or two and maybe a repeatable quest where the afterlife in Sovngarde plays out like the Afterlife in Valhalla, the realm Sovngarde is modelled after? In Valhalla, the Souls of the Fallen would enjoy their morning, drinking and eating and drinking some more, then they would spend the day fighting each other, and beating the living ba-jeezus out of each other. Then they would drink, eat and drink more and then go to sleep. The repeatable quest would simply be the fighting part. Have the quest giver tell the PC to go into the field just outside the Hall of Valor where the other heroes were gathering and then when the PC get's there it just turns into a giant free-for-all where everyone beats the living crap out of everyone!

 

I'd really like to see this mod come to life, it would be so awesome to be able to do this, and in fact, just the going to Sovngarde part would be more than enough. The rest would just make it so much more awesome! :D

[Toest]

I'm working on mod like this. Not really good at modding, but it seems simple enough. I was thinking of adding additional death respawn places, such as tombs for vampires, and hircines hunting grounds for WW's. If anyone wants to help, just let me know