Settlements Expanded

This mod aims to add on and expand several already existing settlements across Skyrim as well as adds in one (for now) completely new location that is lacking NPCs or structures of any kind in the base game.  The minor towns and locations affected by this mod always felt like they were too small as they exist in the base game.  People tend to want to live around other people and single houses and production and/or economic buildings usually end up as a draw for other people to live near to them.  This mod does this by adding on a building or two, maybe some people that might reasonably live in and around these pre-existing locations and the guards that go with them.  Currently as of this release, the mod either modifies or adds as new 7 different settlements around the world of Skyrim.

The goal here is to simply flesh out and add some small additions to areas I felt were lacking and in need of some more life and NPC activity in a believable way without being a massive complex with dozens of buildings and NPCs.  Generally speaking, this will be a few buildings, certainly less than 5 as well as the attending NPCs that would go with these structures.  So that said, which locations have I added or modified?  Read on...

Standard Features (all locations)

• []numerous new idle markers added for increased NPC activity and randomness

• []new items such as chairs, benches, crafting stations, and occasionally an ore vein have been added as needed to promote NPC actions

• []a village guard is present in each location, this is a more combat oriented NPC placed to defend the location and new NPCs

• []radiant quests that involve the Thieves Guild or The Companions may sometimes choose these new locations if all other quest conditions are met

• []dragons can and will target and land in and around and on top of the buildings and structures in the settlements

• []NPCs are set as "protected" as I like my NPCs to stick around

• NPCs have full schedules and sandbox routines for more lively interactions with the player and the environment

  Coldstone Mine     NEW SETTLEMENT

  Coldstone Mine is a completely new settlement that does not exist in the vanilla game.  It is located at the edge of Winterhold Hold near the border with The Pale in the frozen mountains to the southeast of Dawnstar, far to the southwest of Winterhold, east of Duskglow Crevice and to the northwest and high above Silverdrift Lair.  See the map screenshot for the exact location of this small mining village.  The settlement is not huge but does feature a standard blacksmith vendor, a full complement of crafting stations for all skills either