Alternate Start - Main Quest Delayer

This is a unique alternative start mod that keeps the entire Main Quest intact, including the Imperial Dungeon. Until you are arrested by the Imperial Guard, there will be no references to the Emperor's assassination, and you can even see him in the Imperial Palace. The Dragonfires burn in the Temple of the One, but will be extinguished if you head to Kvatch and witness its destruction, implying that the fires went out and the siege began while your character was venturing towards the city. You can even become the Hero of Kvatch.

Once you want to begin the Main Quest, get arrested by an Imperial Guard, which is best done in the Imperial City. This will put you in the Imperial Dungeon, where the Emperor and his bodyguards will enter your cell.

FEATURES

[]Various possible starts, including starting at a province border, at a city port, or as a member of an NPC faction or guild (more starts planned in the future.)

[]The main quest can be started at any time by getting arrested by an Imperial Guard. The Imperial Dungeon also recognizes your choices and will not ask you to re-pick a birthsign or class.

[]Starting as a member of an NPC faction will cause you to be removed from the faction once the Main Quest is started. If you picked the Mythic Dawn, you will be removed from the faction but you will keep their unique Bound Armour spells. Guilds and other factions are not removed when starting the Main Quest, and NPC factions have no additional content added to them currently.

[]References to the assassination, including dialogue and newspapers, are disabled until the Emperor dies.

[]The Emperor, Uriel Septim, sits on the Ruby Throne in the Imperial Palace until the Main Quest is started. He wears his usual regalia alongside the Red Dragon Crown. He can be killed, but doing so will make you the most wanted and hated person in the Empire and will reveal that he is actually a decoy, with his Amulet of Kings, the "Emperor's Amulet", equippable by the player.

[]The Dragonfires burn in the Temple of the One until the Siege of Kvatch is started, after which they are extinguished. This doesn't mean Oblivion Crisis will begin however, you will need to start the Main Quest for that.

[]The Siege of Kvatch is now treated as a side quest. It can be started at any time and without the main quest as a prerequisite, but is still required in order to complete the main quest. This is largely due to current modding limitations.

[]Valen Dreth in the tutorial dungeon will become a ghost if his assassination is completed before starting the Main Quest, and will taunt you from beyond the grave, keeping the Imperial Dungeon intact.

[*]You cannot join the Fighters Guild if you start as a Blackwood Company member or the Mages Guild if you start as a Necromancer Cult member. Starting the Main Quest and being removed from these factions will allow you to join the gui