Order of Aetherius - Scholar's Village



Order of Aetherius - Scholar's Village

Established by mages fleeing the dissolution of the Mages Guild nearly 150 years ago, the Order of Aetherius provides a safe place to study magic and preserve knowledge. It is the only School of Julianos in Skyrim, though there many to be found elsewhere across Tamriel. As they are affiliated with the Temple of the Divines, the Order of Aetherius is steadfastly opposed to necromancy and the darker magical arts. They are a smaller order that does not seek much political or magical power, but rather seeks to do good works, provide help to those in need, and support the charitable mission of the Temple of the Divines.

The Skyrim Chapter Hall, located in a remote mountain pass between Whiterun and Ivarstead, has recently completed three new buildings that make it properly equipped for visiting scholars. They offer free beds for travelers in the Scholar's Lodge, and have two cabin homes available for longer stays.

Why a new mod page you may ask? Fundamentally the goals and design of this location add-on are completely different than the Order of Aetherius that it requires. The Order of Aetherius mod is designed as a new guild location, with new NPCs/Followers, vendors, and miscellaneous quests, with a room dedicated to the player similarly to your quarters in any other Skyrim Guild Hall. The Scholar's Village adds two new empty houses and a traveler's lodge, intended for you to put followers or yourself in them - designed as a player home rather than a guild/quest location. Some folks will prefer the first, but not the second, so I split this mod out as its own addition in the appropriate "Player Homes" mod category on Nexus. Plus, splitting it let me keep them both ESL Flagged, which I'm sure folks appreciate.

This mod HAS/IS:

[]A place for you and some followers to live - adding space for up to 7 additional people. Use a mod like My Home Is Your Home, Nether's Follower Framework, or Settling of Squad to move them in - or alternately take a look at what I did in the Fiarrah and Inalion addons and do the same for an npc / follower of your choice (note the package additions as well).

[]A player home with custom storage and activators that blends in seamlessly to the Order of Aetherius Mystic Refuge location.

[]Lore-friendly, without custom content that will seem obviously different in tone than everything else in Skyrim.

[]Alternate Perspective start enabled - addon found in