Karla Raven - The Curse of The Revenant - Custom-Voiced Follower - Halloween 2026

Overview

For over a hundred years, The Revenant has hunted the Forsworn across the Reach.

Karla Raven was an adventurer before the Forsworn murdered her and her family. Now she walks the Reach as The Revenant, fighting with shadow magic and ghostly steel. Vengeance has kept her company for a very long time. What happens when someone finally chooses to walk beside her?

First released for Halloween 2021, Karla Raven returns with over 1,000 voiced lines, an expanded story, romance, new spells and combat styles, and a custom outfit designed specifically for her by Russian Bear. Kerstyn Unger brings her anger, dark humor, and quieter moments to life in a complete voice performance.

Travel with her, listen to what she has to say, and get to know the person behind the name.HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2026!!!

This mod is NOT ESL-Flagged. If you are suffering with available slots in your load order, try to compact something else. Do not complain in the comments. Thank you.

This release requires the Visions Asset Pack and the current Romantasy release. Choose the Visions assets that match your body setup: 3BA/CBBE or BHUNP/UNP. The mod comes with precompiled 3BA meshes. 

BHUNP users must run bodyslide on Karla's outfit for the correct meshes for their body. Look for the "N7 Karla Raven BHUNP" group to batch slide all the outfit pieces. 3BA users can also use the "N7 Karla Raven 3BA" group to make new meshes if they prefer a different body shape.

Pay special attention after you become friends with The Revenant through Romantasy. At dawn of the following day you will learn more about her.Features

• Over 1,000 voiced lines - performed by Kerstyn Unger, including conversations, romance, combat dialogue, and comments on your adventures
• Detailed romance powered by Romantasy - build a relationship through your time together, with dialogue for friendship, love, and marriage
• A story to discover - learn about Karla's past and her life in the Reach through her conversations and comments
• A courier introduction - a letter from Pendergast points you toward The Revenant once you reach level 5
• New spells and combat styles - custom spell sets and sword-and-magic combat, with The Revenant wielding powerful shadow magic
• DarkShadow - her spectral one-handed sword, dealing raw magic damage and weakening enemy attacks
• Custom N7 outfit by Russian Bear - designed specifically for Karla Raven and included with permission
• Comments that fit the moment - dialogue responds to locations, quests, combat, magic, and your relationship
• Carefully paced idles - repeatable ambient comments have a 5 to 8 minute gameplay cooldown, with at least 3 in-game days before the same line can repeat
• Summon The Revenant - a summon power is added when she first joins you, with magical portal effects
• Follower conveniences - follow, wait, trade, dismiss, and home-setting dialogue, with support for Horde
• Tailor compatibility - support for outfits assigned through Tailor
• Visions appearance - the Visions Asset Pack provides her SLEEK MATURE face assets and muscular body skin. High Poly Head is not required
• Body compatibility - works with 3BA, BHUNP, CBBE, and UNP, with 3BA and BHUNP BodySlide groups for the included outfit. Comes default with 3BA meshes. BHUNP users will need to run bodyslide to generate compatible meshes.

How to Find Her

At level 5 or higher, the introduction quest arranges a courier delivery. He brings you A Letter from Pendergast, describing a vengeful spirit seen in the hills north of Old Hroldan Inn.

Read the letter, travel to the area, and look for The Revenant. This introduction gives you written directions rather than a map marker. Courier delivery follows Skyrim's normal courier behavior, so the letter may not arrive the moment you reach level 5.

If you are already level 5 or higher when you install the mod, you are eligible for the letter. You can also encounter her through exploration without waiting for the courier.Character Details

The Revenant is a powerful companion, especially early in a playthrough. Her generous health and magicka reserves, custom weapon, and shadow spells make her well suited to tougher enemies and higher difficulty settings.

• Location - the hills north of Old Hroldan Inn in the Reach; Pendergast's letter provides the lead
• Combat - a spellsword who combines a one-handed blade with shadow magic
• Leveling - scales with the player
• Essential - she cannot be permanently killed in combat
• Romance - authored relationship dialogue supported by Romantasy, including romance and spouse conversations
• Home - assign a place for her to return to when dismissed

Powers and Gear

Special Powers

• Shadow magic - The Revenant's arsenal includes Shadow Drain, Shadow Torrent, Shadow Ambush, and other spells drawn from Darenii's Abyss
• Expanded spell resources - integrated magic from Darenii's Abyss and Arclight, with no separate spell-mod plugin required
• Summon The Revenant - granted on recruitment so you can call your companion to your side

Signature Weapon and Outfit

• DarkShadow - a spectral sword with a custom enchantment that deals raw magic damage and weakens its targets
• Russian Bear's N7 outfit - Karla's custom armor is included in the main download, with its assets integrated directly into this mod

Bodyslide Files

The main mod includes prebuilt 3BA outfit meshes. The included BodySlide groups let you rebuild the outfit to your preferred shape.

• N7 Karla Raven 3BA - use the 3BA BodySlide projects for the CBBE/3BA body family
• N7 Karla Raven BHUNP - use the BHUNP BodySlide projects with the BHUNP/UNP Visions assets

3BA, BHUNP, CBBE, and UNP are supported. CBBE users use the 3BA/CBBE option, and UNP users use the BHUNP/UNP option. Follow the chosen addon's body, skeleton, and physics requirements when building the outfit.

Install the matching addon after the main mod, choose its group in BodySlide, and Batch Build using your preferred preset. Enable Build Morphs if you use body morphs. Let the generated meshes overwrite the main mod's outfit meshes, and build only one body family's group.Requirements

• Visions Asset Pack - required; install the matching 3BA/CBBE or BHUNP/UNP version
• Romantasy - An Elegant Romance System - required; use the current release with profile-based follower support, and install its listed requirements
• SKSE64 - required; use the version matching your Skyrim runtime
• FSMP - Faster HDT-SMP - required for the included SMP outfit physics
• Matching body and skeleton requirements - follow the requirements for your selected Visions asset pack and outfit addon
• BodySlide and Outfit Studio - needed if you rebuild the outfit or use the BHUNP addon
• Horde - optional follower management; Karla uses Skyrim's vanilla follower system
• Tailor - optional outfit management; use version 3.0 or later for this integration

High Poly Head, the original N7 outfit plugin, Abyss, and Arclight are not required as separate downloads. The needed assets and records are supplied through this mod and the Visions Asset Pack.

Installation

1. Install the required mods and the Visions Asset Pack matching your body setup.
2. Install Karla Raven with your mod manager and enable CSV_KarlaRaven.esp. This release uses a standard ESP plugin.
3. Keep the included Romantasy profile files installed. Relationship support is already configured for you.
4. If you want a different outfit shape, build the bodyslide group based on the body you have. For BHUNP/UNP, use the BHUNP addon and matching Visions assets.
5. Launch Skyrim through SKSE. Once you are level 5 or higher, watch for a courier carrying Pendergast's letter.

For updates, follow the instructions attached to the release you are installing.Support

Please use the Comments or Bugs section for support. Thank you.Credits

• Kerstyn Unger - the voice of Karla Raven
• Russian Bear - the custom N7 outfit, designed for Karla Raven and included with permission
• Darenii - the Abyss and Arclight spell resources
• ColdSun - character design, follower development, and the Visions, Romantasy, Horde, and Tailor integrations

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