Pride of Skyrim 8 - Men of Solitude NPC Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #8 of 125 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Pride of Skyrim 8
Men of Solitude
Finally, I have finished my next installment of Male NPC's. It's a journey to beautify the world of Skyrim with handsome man-meat. Men of Solitude. Now, before you get on me, Belrand looks nothing like himself. Sorry... not sorry. He was one of the worst... never mind. He's adorable now, so... I have also created a few from the Thalmor Embassy as well as the Emperor. I had to rebuild my mods, so I have not been able to get to them. They are quest dependent and can't bring them to me instead. So, if you find they aren't working, let me know.
I have created a video that showcases all the men I updated and provided it below (See below after my tedious instructions). If you want to know who is who, just check out the image section.
Please endorse if you love this mod. It keeps me motivated to create more.
Please read thoroughly before downloading
Seriously... DO IT
1. APPEARANCES: There are NO skin textures attached to this mod. That means you will have to suffer atrocious vanilla skin textures if you download. The good news is, it will accept any skin mod you wish to use. Please be aware that your NPCs will look a bit different than mine using different skin textures. I also use Silent Horizons ENB and Cathedral Weathers, so images may look different from mine.
2. ANIMATIONS: I am using High Poly Head Version 4 and it requires Expressive Facegen Morphs and Expressive Facial Animation Male. High Poly Head is baked into the mod, but not the animations. With that said, some have used this mod without them with no problems. If you find beard clipping or weird eyes, install these mods. If not, you should be fine.
3. EDITING: Please do not ask me to change appearances or remove tattoos, or ask me to remove NPCs. I won't do it and you can't make me. Please... just stop asking. Thank you!
4. LOAD ORDER: These do NOT work with other NPC mods that change the appearance of the men of the Solitude. NPCs should go down towards the end of your load order.
5. REQUIREMENTS: You will need to have USSEEP downloaded. Seriously, everyone should have this by now. It just makes my life a heck of a lot simpler that I don't have to do patches and extra files.
A high poly head facial overhaul for every male NPC in Solitude, part of the Pride of Skyrim series. With 598 endorsements and 17,561 downloads, it's a popular cosmetic mod for players who want more detailed male faces in the city.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 598 endorsements and over 17k downloads.
- Brings consistent high-quality facial detail to all male Solitude NPCs.
- Lightweight cosmetic mod that doesn't touch gameplay or balance.
⚠️ Cons
- Only covers Solitude – other cities are left untouched.
- May conflict with other NPC overhauls that modify the same characters.
- Last updated in 2020, so compatibility with newer Skyrim versions or mods is uncertain.
For Skyrim players who want more detailed, realistic faces on the male NPCs of Solitude without changing their personalities or roles. If you're a completionist who wants every city overhauled, you'll need to grab the other Pride of Skyrim installments. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes or full-body overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage this mod easily.
- Place this mod after other NPC overhauls in your load order to ensure its changes take priority.
- Check for patches if you use other mods that alter the same NPCs, like AI overhauls or appearance mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- PoeticAnt44
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 17,561
- Endorsements
- 598
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 10/22/2020
- Updated
- 11/2/2020
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