Melana the War Maiden - An Evolving Custom Voiced Follower

Melana the War Maiden

Description

You heard a rumor of a young maid captured by bandits in Bannermist Tower.

Rescue her, train her and watch her slowly becoming Melana the War Maiden.

Melana is a dynamic custom voiced follower which progresses while adventuring with the player.

Not only her attributes change in time, but also her voice and dialog.

Voiced by the very talented KiaraRedVA who also wrote half of the voice lines.

Where is Melana? Please scroll down just a bit to the Intro Quest section.

Melana's Evolution

The concept of this mod is to experience Melana turning from a timid young maid who actually runs from combat, to a fearless, powerful warrior.

Her evolution is divided intro three phases:

Phase I - Melana the Maid

Melana the Maid is lacking of skills and only knows the healing spell (currently healing only herself).

At first she runs from combat.

After at least one friendly spar with the player or 3 enemy encounters, she starts fighting but - without skills.

In this phase, Melana doesn't feel comfortable wearing any armor. She won't remove it, but she will complain about it a lot.

After a sufficient amount of friendly spars or encounters, she moves to phase II.

Phase II - Melana the Scarred

As Melana the Scarred, Melana becomes more powerful and more confident.

Her dialog (her recorded lines) changes to a more mature and confident themed dialog.

Her confidence is increased as well as her light armor skill, one-handed skill and some other attributes.

At this point, Melana desires to wear light armor.

Again, after a sufficient amount of training or enemy encounters, she moves to phase III.

Phase III - Melana the War Maiden

This is the final phase were Melana is fully skilled and confident.

Yet again, her dialog changes to a dialog suiting a seasoned, fearless warrior. In addition, she has new enemy type specific attack-taunts.

Her heavy armor and two-handed skills are increased as well.

At this point, Melana desires to wear heavy armor and will complain if wearing a dress or a light armor.

Two notes about Melana's phase change:

1. When Melana changes from phase I to phase II and from phase II to phase III, she doesn't level up like the player does.

It is not like the "level up with the player" features implemented in some follower frameworks.

Actually, if you are using a console command or a follower framework which shows her level, she will still be displa