Children of the Ash - A Dunmer NPC Overhaul
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- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #70 of 84 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Overhauls the appearance of all named Dunmer NPCs
...then, in that moment, all Chimer were changed into Dunmer, and our skins turned ashen and our eyes into fire. ... Azura said, "This is not my act, but your act. You have chosen your fate ...and all the Dunmer shall share your fate, from now to the end of time. You think yourselves gods, but you are blind, and all is darkness."
-Vivec, The Battle of Red Mountain
The Dunmer are a long-lived and grim people, known for their prowess in both magic and war. This mod attempts to bring some of features Dunmer possess in the other games and strengthen their aesthetic to further set them apart from the other races of mer.
You will see NPCs with ritual scarring, culturally significant paint and tattoos, and jewelry, as well as some Morrowind-inspired hairdos.
As with the other mods of this series, I've added a variety of new (more saturated) skin tones, hair styles and other facial features, including teeth, brows, pigment variations, and eye colors. Like the other elves, they share more prominent ears and brow bones and tilted eyes with large irises. I've taken into account social status, age, lifestyle, etc. in my design choices as well.
All NPCs use a set of new, custom textures, assigned one of 4 different ones based on their age.
Requirements
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[]Children of Dawn's Beauty[/]
[]BEES (if using an older version of Skyrim)[/]
About
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[]ESPFE[/]
[]Does not edit body meshes in any way.[/]
[]Will NOT use your body textures: see the Children of Dawn's Beauty page for details.[/]
[]No HDT-SMP hairs.[/]
[]Not strictly compatible with mods that edit the same NPC records (appearance, skills, inventories, voice type, etc.) Whatever record is loaded last will show up in game. When in doubt, use xEdit to check and be aware of what any mods that work via SKSE/other script do.[/]
[]Should work fine with EasyNPC if you want to use it.[/]
[]If you are having issues, make sure no other mods editing the same NPCs in ANY way are loaded under this one. Use SSE Edit to check for conflicts. I will not be providing support if you're using Face Discoloration Fix.[/]
For more questions, here's the FAQ. New to modding or need help with basics? Check out this guide.Want to remove some NPCs? Try out EasyNPC or NPC Plugin Chooser 2.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- SassiestAssassin
- Version
- 2.1.2
- Downloads
- 272,548
- Endorsements
- 1,163
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 8/10/2025
- Updated
- 8/2/2026
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