ColdSun's Visions - Valentina - Nord Vampire Follower

Overview

My first vampire follower, a shock mage who learned to weave the vampiric arts into her destruction magic.

Valentina is the first vampire follower I ever made, and honestly I have not made many. I wrote a story for her to fit my world, and she quickly became a vital part of the politics and tales I was trying to tell. I plan to expand on her and get her a new voice down the line, and to make more vampires and supernatural followers besides.Features

• Crimson Current - her signature spell, blending blood magic with the storm (see Powers and Gear)
• Eftermaele - her custom axe, draining the magicka of her targets
• Extra vampire power - perks that push her a step past the Volkihar
• Summon scroll - call her to your side at will
• Marriage - fully marriable, essential, and she will not break your sneak
• Reverie and BNP skin - Reverie Skin 1.11+ by Novelyst with BNP skin from the asset hub, eyes by wammy and docteure from Eyes of Beauty Remastered, and an SMP wig by DINT999 (requires FSMP)
• Your body - the Visions series uses your installed body. Compatible with 3BA, BHUNP, CBBE, TBD, and UNP, and works with OBody and WetFunction
• Visions architecture - a smaller footprint and better performance
• ESPFE - ESL-flagged to save a slot in your load order

Backstory

Valentina's family hailed from near Windhelm. She studied at the College of Winterhold and became a gifted Destruction mage, especially with shock magic. Returning home to travel with her family to Whiterun, they were ambushed on the road by a pack of vampires and their Master. Her family was slaughtered, but the Master spared Valentina, coveting the beautiful mage and her rare gift.

He made her his thrall, experimenting on her and forcing her to harm innocents. In time she learned to weave vampiric and destruction magic together like no vampire before her. When she finally refused him, even under torture, he starved her near to death and sealed her in a flooded, ghost-haunted prison, promising to return once she had learned her lesson. She lost all sense of time there, half-mad with blood thirst, until she sensed a living soul nearby and reached out with the last of her will.

The soul was a young warrior named Vulkus. He cut through the ghosts and, ignoring a disembodied voice that warned him away, knelt and freed her. Vulkus proved immune to the vampire curse and was watched over by a spiritual guardian, perhaps a true Valkyrie. He nursed her back to health, first with animal blood and then from his own wrist, and the two became lovers and wandered Skyrim together. Months later a platoon of Vigilants of Stendarr overwhelmed them. Vulkus fell with a spear through his heart after cutting down ten of them, and as the Vigilant leader moved to finish her, the Valkyrie appeared in shining silver and destroyed them all. When the spirit returned, no longer glowing but clad in plain armor, she offered Valentina her hand with a knowing smile, like looking into a mirror, and the two walked away to plan what came next.Character Details

Valentina sits a touch above the Volkihar vampires in raw capability, most of it from extra perks that even Serana lacks. She fights by fusing blood magic with elemental magic, dealing lightning damage while draining the health of her foes.

• Location - the Shrine of Talos, the large statue just southwest of Windhelm. The path can be tricky to spot, but she is just down from the statue itself
• Skills - Light Armor, Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration, and Stealth
• Essential - she will not die on you
• Stealth friendly - she will not break your sneak
• Marriage - fully marriable

Powers and Gear

Special Spell

• Crimson Current - concentrated lightning damage that also drains health, growing stronger as her Destruction skill rises with level

Signature Weapon

• Eftermaele - her one-handed axe, draining the magicka of her targets

Requirements

• Visions Asset Pack - required (download the version for your body type: 3BA/CBBE/TBD or BHUNP/UNP)
• FSMP - Faster HDT-SMP - required

Installation

1. Download the Visions Asset Pack for your body type (3BA/CBBE/TBD or BHUNP/UNP). This is absolutely required.
2. Install this mod with your mod manager.
3. To update later, download the new version and replace it, do not merge. Updating mid-game is completely safe.

Support

Check the Support section for the FAQ, articles, and to send a help request.Credits

• BillRocks - the custom spell, adapted from the Crimson Storm mod

Full asset and resource credits are bundled in the Visions Asset Pack credits list.