Overview
Venture forth with two fully-voiced companions, each with their own branching quests and reactive personalities. Gone are the sweaty anime fantasies and self-inserts, instead dive in with a party of characters worthy of any RPG.
Part follower and part quest mod, Mythos adds two new, fully-realized companions to the world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, each with their own quests and reactivity to the world at large.
Inspired by classic role-playing games such as Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, Dragon Age: Origins, Knights of the Old Republic, Divinity and more, Mythos is an attempt to add characters that not only tell a good story of their own, but elevate the whole experience of your playthrough as you travel with equals, instead of braindead pack mules or caricatures.
Getting to know them is something that's earned and will span your journey from High Hrothgar to the depths of Apocrypha. If you're tired of the same lazy, one-dimensional characters designed to either titillate or carry useless junk, or you're just looking for something to breathe new life into your next playthrough, you've come to the right place.
Features:
• Two unique, custom framework party members
• Three hours of fully-voiced, high quality dialogue
• Branching quests with memorable NPCs
Karna - The Berserker
The rain is unending as a burst of lightning from overhead cracks against a dead tree, splitting the desiccated wood in two. In the downpour, you see a figure illuminated by the storm, her face twisted into a snarl, and oblivious to the rain that has soaked through to her very bones.
At her side, a large wolf trails in her every step as the warrior moves forward with clear purpose, mighty greatsword in hand. It is a good day to die. May the gods bear witness.
Karna is a Norse Berserker who knows little of the outside world... nor does she care to. Raised under the watchful eyes of the old gods, she is deeply spiritual and reveres the Old Ways that Tamriel has forgotten since the arrival of the Northmen so long ago.
She does not talk much and couldn't care less about social conventions or courtesy, preferring to live and die for the thrill of blood and battle, but also must learn of this new world to survive it.
Bacchus - The Dremora
You step in from the dirty street and catch yourself as your eyes take in the sight before you. The manor is the very epitome of decadence as heady aromas, incense and the smell of a thousand cooked meats drift lazily through a sea of velvet and silk curtains.
Who could afford - or require - such luxury is quickly answered as, further inside, you see a Dremora lounging on some cushions. He absentmindedly chews on some grapes from a silver goblet nearby and regards you with a smile.
"Well, well... to what do I owe this pleasure?"
Bacchus is a Dremora from the Planes of Oblivion and yet unlike them in pretty much every way. A hedonistic, wisecracking playboy, he revels in a life of decadence and his charms are often as likely to get him into trouble as they are in bed.
Like many of his Kyn, he possesses a fair degree of skill in matters of the arcane, although if you were to ask him about fighting and what have you, he would prefer to just go savour some Aldmeri wine instead. Or a foot massage.
Installation Instructions
- Download and extract the archive to a location of your choice
- Copy all files to your Skyrim /Data/ directory - NOT the parent folder where SKSE is
- Make sure Mythos.esp is enabled in your mod manager or launcher
- To begin Karna's quest, head to the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood and then the trees by the shore, directly south of the Lady Stone
- To begin Bacchus's quest, head to Riften and look around the docks or Bee and Barb
• SSE Engine Fixes is recommended for lip sync.
Compatibility Notes:
• Mythos uses a CUSTOM FRAMEWORK follower system - DO NOT try to use AFT, EFF, UFO or similar follower managers on these companions as you WILL break things!
• Where it goes in the load order doesn't really matter. You can use LOOT or put it further up to allow any texture/cosmetic overhauls to overwrite the vanilla assets Mythos uses.
• Mods that drastically change layouts (tavern or city overhauls) may cause some issues, such as deleting furniture that NPCs are meant to use.
• Landscape overhauls might cover quest content where there was empty ground in vanilla.
