Red Eagle Reborn SSE

"Long ago, a child was born in the Sundered Hills. They named him Faolan, which means 'Red Eagle' in the tongue of the Reach, for the screeching bird-call that greeted his birth, and the crimson blooms on the autumn hills..."

The Reachmen were the ancient people of the Reach and held vast kingdoms in western Skyrim. They existed long before the Dragon Cult, and were there long after the Dragons left and the ancient Nordic cities crumbled into ruin. Their warlords conquered Cyrodiil for a time, and they ruled the Reach for centuries before they were crushed by the Allessian Empire. The Forsworn of today are only a savage shadow of what was once a great civilization that stood against the Nords and Empire alike. Red Eagle was their greatest hero, a freedom-fighter who tried to unite the tribes against invaders, and died fighting the empire to try and win his people’s freedom.

But in the vanilla game, Red Eagle is simply depicted as a generic Draugr, and his tomb is simply an Ancient Nord ruin. The goal of this mod is to change that, to rethink the entire Red Eagle quest to better fit the lore of Elder Scrolls, and to give the Forsworn the history they deserve.

This mod changes several assets surrounding the Red Eagle quest, as well as modifying a few other Forsworn elements and adding some new content as well, all in an attempt to make the lore of the Reach more rich and interesting.

This mod modifies a number of different items either directly or indirectly related to the Red Eagle questline:

-Changes Red Eagle to a unique undead Briarheart, not a Draugr, and significantly improves his skillset to make it a worthy boss battle. He uses a number of spells and shouts as well as weapons, and is leveled to the player so he will always be a serious challenge.

-Adds many custom lines of dialogue for Red Eagle himself, created by heavily modifying bits and pieces of Madanach's dialogue.

-Adds a unique (and quite minimalist) armor for Red Eagle himself, who, it is said, "...came forth for battle, alone and robed in nothing but his righteous fury."

-Adds a unique Briar Heart to Red Eagle, the “Heart of Faolan,” that is an extremely ancient and powerful version of a Briar Heart. Upon consuming it, you will gain two unique Powers, one that gives you an extremely powerful flame cloak that buffs all of your stats for a time, and one that give you the ability to summon Red Eagle’s spirit to fight for you. (Note: this still works like a normal Briar Heart, so if you’re somehow able to pickpocket it from Red Eagle, it will kill him.)

-Adds a script to Red Eagle’s Crown that will make the Forsworn faction friendly to the player, but ONLY while the crown is equipped. I know there are a number of mods that let you join the Forsworn in various ways, but this is intended to be as minimalist as p