Red Eagle Reborn

"A long time ago, a child was born in the Sundered Hills. They named him Faolan, meaning 'Red Eagle' on Reach's tongue, because his birth was greeted by the sound of screaming birds and the appearance of crimson flowers on the hills in autumn..."

It's always bothered me that there's so much rich lore surrounding Redhawk and Forsworn's story, but when you finally meet Redhawk, he's nothing more than a generic level Draugr in a common Norse tomb. But he's not a northerner at all, he's a striker. The Reachmen are the ancient people of Reach and had a vast kingdom in western Skyrim before being crushed by the Empire. This civilization was hundreds of years after dragon worship. Today's Forsworn is but a barbaric shadow of the great civilization that once stood in opposition to the Empire. The goal of this mod is to change that, rethinking the entire Red Eagle quest to better fit the lore of The Elder Scrolls and give Forsworn the history they deserve.

This mod changes several assets around Red Eagle Quest and Rebel's Cairn to reflect a proper "ancient Reachman" ruin, as well as modifying some other "Forsworn" elements and adding some new content.

• Added a full set of "Ancient Rexman" armor, including heavy, light and robes.
• Added a full set of "Ancient Rex" weapons, all with the vanilla "Silver" enchantment (because Reach is so rich in silver.) -

Adding a unique (minimalist) armor to the Red Eagle itself, it's something he says, "...shows up in war, alone, wearing nothing but righteous fury."

• Modify the "Armor of the Old God" to make it something truly unique and ancient, and fit in with the other "Ancient Magician" sets.

-Modified "Predator's Grace" boots are a unique set of Forsworn boots, as you find them in the Forsworn camp.

• Modified dagger "Bloody" to become a unique version of "Ancient Dagger Dagger".
• Changed the "Eye of Melka" staff to be unique to match the "Ancient Rexman" staff.
• Added a new Forsworn type called "Forsworn Loremaster" who wears a unique suit of armor and comes with "Ancient Loremaster" and several books about Red Hawk.
• Turned Red Hawk into a unique NPC instead of Draugr and significantly improved his skills, making it a worthy boss fight.
• Changed the universal skeleton that helps Red Eagle to "Ancient Forerunner", Red Eagle's personal honor guard,
• Completely restructured and added to Rebel's Cairn, making it feel like a true "Reachman" of destruction rather than a regular Norseman.

• I want Redhawk to look more immortal, but I don't know how to do that... -

I'd like the player to be able to "wear" his tattoos/body paint to gain their mystical powers, but I'm not sure that's possible.

• I need to rethink all enchantments for all new items, now Red Eagle's armor uses vanilla armor enchanted by ancient gods.
• I would like to apply these modifications to other Forsworn camps, which may be "ancient Reachman" ruins like Sundered Towers or Druadach Redoubt, but this will take some time.

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• I'd like to add a feature that allows players to "join" the Forsworn faction if they hold Red Eagle's Bane, but I'm not sure if this should be a separate mod...

• This mod does not change the statistics of any existing items; all changes are aesthetic only.
• All new items are roughly the same as Elven and Dwemer items.
• I haven't touched Red Eagle's actual sword at all. There are other mods out there that already do it better than me, so I'd like to open that part up. I personally like Unique Uniques (

• Some users reported CTD and goddess version of the Old God Armor.
• I have an issue where Redhawk won't fight and just keeps moving away from me, but when I reload he doesn't do that anymore.
• The "Fruit Photo Version" does not work properly; Red Eagle's Armor has an issue with the female body mesh.