LE Crusader Invasion mod!I

[Dovahkiin234]

Pretty interesting mod idea: Invasion of Skyrim by European Crusaders from the Middle Ages!

 

What if Skyrim was part of Earth? They have technology akin to the Middle Ages, similar races of humans, but have no idea of what lies beyond Tamriel. What if to the East, lies the continent of Europe, that just discovered a New World, full of gold, cities, and heathens. Crusaders would come pouring in from England, Italy, France, and all the German states. They would sweep through the New World in the name of God, driving out all heretics to the One True Faith, slaughtering all of the "inferior" elves that they can find.

 

That's the basic idea of the mod. I'm pretty sure there are people who've designed medieval-type Crusader armor, and it wouldn't be hard for an experienced modder (aka not me) to develop a European Crusader/knight npc. If would start out once you complete the Civil War quests, when a courier comes up and says you have a letter from Ulfric Stormcloak (or General Tullius), who immediately requires your attention. Once you arive, Ulfric/Tullius says mysterious ships have appeard off the coast of Dawnstar, and you're sent to investigate with about 5 Imperials/Stormcloaks. Once you arrive, Dawnstar is burning (Dawnstar Sanctuary is untouched) and is swarming with Europeans! When you approach, one of them tells you to halt, and questions you. Depending on how you respond, you are attacked, or escorted to a British Lord who runs the operation.

 

You have 3 options: Negotiate with the Lord, attack, or flee. if you negotiate, you are inducted into the English Army, convert to Christianity, and help conquer Solitude, Windhelm, and Whiterun, eventually becoming Knighted. After visiting any major city, all Elves, Orcs, Khajit, (except for the essential characters) and priests are missing (the pile of burned corpses outside each town gives you an idea), and all "pagan" temples or statues are either destroyed, or converted into Christian churches*. Of course, if you're an elf, option 1 (negotiate, become Knight) is immediately unavailable, since I assume this sort of racism would exist, like with the Nords towards Dark Elves. Also, if you do option one, your race changes from Nord to "English," Redguard to "Moorish," Imperial to "Italian," and Breton stays the same, since people from Brittany (part of northern France) were called Bretons.

 

If you choose option 2 or 3, you will have to retreat from Dawnstar and report to Ulfric/Tullius that you contacted a mysterious group calling themselves "Europeans" who plan to conquer Skyrim and wipe out your way of life! You will eventually have to defend Solitude/Windhelm, and if more than 10 Crusaders get past, the city falls and is "conquered." You may choose to try and liberate the city by invading like the Civil War missions and killing the appointed Lord, and if you do, it returns to normal, and all "disappeared" elves, orcs, or priests have a 33% chance of reappearing. If not, check the Hall of the Dead for some decent loot.

 

There may also be a "resistance" fresh off of the Civil war that may aid you in reconquering the cities.

 

If you have any good suggestions, post my good friend!

Sorry if too long for you.

 

*If you are offended by the religious undertones of the Crusaders, I'm sorry, I don't mean to start a flame war, but that's how history went: Crusaders slaughtering all heathens/peasants in their path.