Dundee Lad

While I’m at it, I might as well add the first video of David’s that I watched. An incredible tale of an incredible album.

So the wonderful David Hartley posted this a couple of days ago:

So naturally, I had to check Bandcamp to see if they had it for sale. And whatta ya know! They came through again…

So I’m relatively new to Skyrim, having only purchased it 4 years ago, and for the first couple of years I was pretty obsessed with it–as only an ADHDer can be. But then late last year I got bored with it and switched focus to AVNs. I still have a handful of those “games” I’m playing but I’m mostly back to playing Skyrim again. Of course, when I got bored I also got frustrated with the amount of mods and other files I had accumulated, so I did a mass delete of them all. Yeah, that was a mistake. So now I’m having to redownload most of the good mods I originally had, plus some new stuff.

One of the mods I did like and have redownloaded was an odd little follower mod called:

M.E.I. - Maven Elenwan Ingun - Followers & Spouses - Quest Expansion

As you may have guessed from the title, it is a mod that lets you recruit Maven Black-Briar and/or her daughter Ingun and/or Elenwan–yes the very same High Elf bitch trying to kill all the Blades and, by extension, you–into followers, and possibly your spouse. The mod author creates a new backstory for Maven and Elenwan, and you begin to realise they are not as evil as Bethesda would have you believe. It really is one of the most interesting follower/quest mods on the market and the author is still expanding it. However, because it rewrites the scripts for Maven and Ingun it requires a patch for any mod that replaces Maven and Ingun. There are some on the download page, including one for Dibella’s Blessing, which is the female NPC replacer I was once using, and which I may go back to because I really like the depiction of Maven in this one.

Anyway, I’ve also used a couple of other NPC replacers and I’ve made a patch for both of them. The first one is for Courageous Women - High Poly Head Female NPC Overhaul.
The patch isn’t on the Nexus yet but you can download it here: Courageous Women M.E.I. Patch.
I downloaded the 2k AIO loose version, which was second entry under Main Files on the Nexus files page. I can’t imagine it would matter if you chose something else.

The second NPC replacer I tried was NITHI NPC ENHANCEMENT - The Rift I just used the single main file, and didn’t bother with the 2k face tints. My patch can be downloaded here: NITHI The Rift Women M.E.I. Patch.

The Poisoner by White Crone, which I posted at the beginning of last month. I was originally leaving this until later in the year but after listening to the low-quality lossy samples again, I decided I really needed to hear the high quality lossless versions. Glad I did. Old skool metal at its best.

Their latest album was released Sept 19, 2025. Mesmerizing.

Listen to it while playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim