SSE idea: become jarl of helgen (rebuild helgen)

[FallenHeroX]

so i saw the helgen reborn mod which basically remakes helgen for you and blackthorn a buildable city and that got me thinking why cant we rebuild helgen our selves make some upgrades to it turn it into a proper city using the hearthfire system of course and become jarl of it? currently i know of no mod that does exactly this and i think itd be great it would just feel right sense alduin only came to destroy helgen because of the dragonborn and maybe ulfric. anyways from what i understand the high king normally is the one who appoints jarls but sense ulfric killed him i guess what would have to happen is to have balgruuf unofficially appoint you as jarl for helgen (basically hell let the other jarls know your now the jarl of helgen you might need to prove your self to them though) and later on after the civil war have tulius or ulfric officially appoint you as jarl of helgen.

Edited September 24, 2018 by FallenHeroX

[Kregen]

on paper a reasonable idea and it would make a good mod. However as Helgin is within the Jarldom of Whiterun it would make more sense if Balgruuf made the dragonborn Thiegn of Helgin. The other option would be to have quest mod that allowed the remaining Jarls to recognize a new highking, it could work in the same way as the peace conference at High Rothgar with the dragonborn as mediator. the eventual winner could then award Helgin as a minor jarldom to the dragonborn for services to the crown. Once the Dragonborn has been awarded Helgin the hearthfire part would unlock and you could rebuild Helgin as you saw fit.

[FallenHeroX]

i always wondered if helgen was part of balgruufs territory aye balgruuf could make you thane of helgen and you in turn could make lydia your assistant manager for the city in the same way balgruuf has a assistant. and that does sound fine so to start you would simply repair the town fix her up. but after the peace conference and the civil war has been resolved and your officially acknowledged the leader/jarl of helgen by whoever you sided with you can reuild and upgrade helgen as you like. only other issue would be getting npcs to live there again itd suck to rebuild helgen only to have it be a empty town/city.

Edited September 24, 2018 by FallenHeroX

[thumbincubation]

I believe Helgen was part of Falkreath hold, not Whiterun hold.

[Notanon81]

Yeah, pretty sure it is part of Falkreath Hold as well.

[FallenHeroX]

ive thought of a way to resolve npcs resettling helgen instead of having rando custom npcs move in why not have a new system where you can invite other npcs/followers and assign them roles in your new city want that preacher in whiterun to be your new church priest? well you could do that want alvor to move his family in helgen and be your city blacksmith? well you could do that what about that random begger on the street? invite him to be part of your city guard. another thing to do would be to have guild envoys managing your guild branches in your city so for example you could invite your favorite dark brotherhood maybe if you have it in good with another jarl you can request them to send you volunteer guards to come live in your city you would need a barracks of course but you get the idea.

 

this is of course something i would only consider after the main part of the mod was done if i was the one making it of course.