Whiterun Hold Refine

Whiterun Hold Refine is a self-contained, rustic and faithful NPC appearance pack that covers almost every character in Whiterun Hold (60+), paying no heed to the original game and lore, while incorporating some of my personal favorites.

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Whiterun Hold Refine is a rustic and faithful NPC appearance pack that covers nearly every character in Whiterun Hold, staying true to the vanilla game and lore while following my personal preferences. This is an ongoing project that will hopefully cover every NPC in Skyrim by the end of the year. Whiterun Hold covers Riverwood, Whiterun and Rorikstead. It does not cover Dragonsreach or Companions as they are in their own packaging. In the meantime, consider checking out Windsong's immersive character overhaul, his overall visual design helped inspire the direction of this mod as well as the direction of Skyrim modding.

Some changes to the unofficial Skyrim Special Edition patch (AI packages and other bug fixes) and cutting room floor (unused base game inventory items) have been forwarded for your convenience. However, in most cases, any mod used to edit Actor records will require a compatibility patch.

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Riverwood：Alvor，Camilla，Delphine，Embry，Faendal，Gerdur，Hod，Lucan，Orgnar，Sven，Sigrid

Whiterun：Adrianne，Ulfberth，Amren，Saffir，Arcadia，Hulda，Mikael，Saadia，Sinmir，Gwendolyn，Brenuin，Beleste，Sigurd，Carlotta，Wilmuth，Ahlam，Elrindir，Janassa，Nazeem，Andurs，Heimskr，Eimar，Mallus，Sabjorn Avulstein，Eorlund，Olfina，Alfhild，Idolaf，Jon，Olfrid，Gloth，Nimriel，Severio，Jenssen，Danica，Maurice，Uthgerd，Bjorlam，Jervar，Skulvar，Ysolda

Rorikstead: Ennis, Reldith, Erik, Mralki, Lemkil, Rorik

Raul

Several changes were made to better reflect the character's lore and backstory. Mikael in his book A Gentleman's Guide to Whiterun talks about being "far from home" in the north in terms of Cyrodiil. As a result, he has been better groomed and given a hairstyle to better suit traditional Cyrodiilic fashion. Women working in the service industry wear their hair tightly, such as Hulda and Ysolda. Blacksmiths are given darker faces to reflect their line of work, and are equipped with one-handed mallets (these objects cannot be manipulated, looted, or interacted with by the player, and are not used in most situations). Hilda raises her boy Sven to be a true Nord, thus forcing him to humiliately put on military paint every morning. Certain Bosmers are given horns. Some may be aesthetic, some may be natural consequences.

An add-on extension is also available to further integrate more mods into the game, such as Creation Club Content or Beyond Skyrim. Follow the mod and my profile on to stay up to date with the project.

Loading order

[Base Game ESM]

[Unofficial Skyrim Patch]

[All other mods]

WICO - Immersive People.esp

WhiterunHoldRefine.esp

WhiterunHoldRefine_EX.esp

[FaceGen patch]

Hard requirements

No.

soft requirements

Men's tempered leather

naughty women

Excellent hair

natural eyes

Improved eye reflections and cubemaps

natural teeth

true colors

Other models used

Morse one-handed hammer

Hallgarth's Other Vanilla Hair

Guy's Bosmery Antlers

Vision

Veydosebrom grass and ground cover

Realistic water two

Obsidian Weather and Seasons ("Refined" editor)

ENB refinement

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Thanks to Hallgarth for allowing me to distribute the Hair Vanilla Hairnet Edit as a standalone hair package.

Thanks to SarthesArai for allowing me to distribute their one-handed hammer mesh as a standalone project.

Thanks to Windsong for creating such iconic characters that have had a profound impact on both my taste and this project.

Thanks to Nightshade, Dreldyn and Lyreha for allowing open access to their Bosmeri antlers.

Thanks to the r/skyrimmods Discord for providing feedback on this project.

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Whiterun Hold Refine is a rustic and faithful NPC appearance package of nearly every character in Whiterun Hold, staying true to the vanilla game and lore while incorporating some of my personal prefer …