The Shadow of Meresis
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #8 of 31 Quests and Adventures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Link to the oldrim version of this mod.
Link to the post explaining the permissions (allowing me to port this mod).
Description:
This mod adds an extensive quest, leading you to various places all over Skyrim. In addition to new locations and dungeons you'll meet new NPCs with more than 200 fully voiced lines of dialogue spoken by three actors. The playing time is about two to three hours.
You'll find a corpse near the Solitude lumbermill to the side of the road towards Solitude. The person died without any apparent signs of physical trauma. Around the person's neck you'll recognize a shiny, black amulet. You grab it without hesitation. Waking up you find yourself drenched in sweat in the "Four Shields Tavern" in Dragonbridge. A young Vigilant of Stendarr is watching over you. Upon closing your eyes, you can hear it in the distance again: Pained voices and dark shadows haunting you in feverish delirium...
The quest starts at on the road towards Solitude (south of Katla's Farm) where you will find a corpse near a fork in the road.
This is the English translation of the German Mod "Der Schatten von Meresis".
Credits:
Originally created by Hebrock.
The voice actors that agreed to play the following parts:
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[] sheogorath19 as Bartuk
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] Edouard as Herlus[] sheogorath19 als Zarador
[] DragonNOR als Pelagius III.
[] DragonNOR als Molag Bal
The beta testers for their commitment finding my implemented errors:
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[] Myrddin
[] Mystique
[] Salidira
[] Luzidas
[] alien_seth
[] Rumeko
Special thanks:
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[] TES-Alliance for the Voice Actors Project.
[] All people who helped improving this mod by giving extensive feedback.
[] Bethesda Game Studios for the TES games and the Creation Kit
[] The sound effects used come from Freesound.org and are under licenses of Attribution 3. 0, Sampling Plus 1. 0 or Attribution-NonCommercial 3. 0 Unported.
[] All resource creators for their work and permission to use it - they are listed above under "Resources".
[] Pal Zoltan Illes for allowing me to use the music piece The Forest of Honor and Venom. (Artist profile available on Jamendo.com.)
[] All authors and admins of the Tamriel Almanach whose work enabled me to embed plot and locations of the quest into the lore of Skyrim and whose articles have been a source of constant inspiration with regard to various aspects of the mod.
Ported to Skyrim Special Edition by: Phantom (aka Ghos71y).
My own huge special thanks to SirJesto, wankingSkeever, and Guy from Earth (sorry, I don't know your nexus profile) on the /r/skyrimmods discord server for mu
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[] TES-Alliance for the Voice Actors Project.
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[] Myrddin
The Shadow of Meresis is a quest mod for Skyrim, released in 2013, that adds an extensive quest leading players across the province. It introduces new locations, dungeons, and NPCs with over 200 fully voiced lines of dialogue. With 1,284 endorsements and 76,683 downloads, it's a well-received addition for players seeking more narrative content.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community track record: 1,284 endorsements and 76,683 downloads show it's been tried and liked.
- Over 200 voiced lines means the new NPCs actually talk, not just grunt or use generic barks.
- Quest spans multiple locations, so you get a real adventure, not a one-room fetch quest.
⚠️ Cons
- It's from 2013, so it might not play nice with newer Skyrim versions or DLCs without patches.
- Potential conflicts with mods that overhaul the same locations or NPCs it touches.
- No mention of compatibility with popular quest mods or survival mods, so you might hit snags.
For Skyrim players who want a meaty quest mod with voice acting and new places to explore. If you're a completionist or lore hound, this adds a chunk of content. Skip if you're looking for gameplay overhauls or if you're on a version of Skyrim that's too new for old mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an older mod, make sure your Skyrim is updated to a version it supports, or look for compatibility patches.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage load order, especially if you have other quest mods.
- Check the mod's comments or forum for any known issues with specific DLCs or updates.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Ghostly
- Version
- 1.1.83
- Downloads
- 76,683
- Endorsements
- 1,284
- Category
- Quests and Adventures
- Created
- 7/11/2020
- Updated
- 1/21/2025
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