Friday, 3 April 2020

Playing Skyrim quest mods: Project AHO

This mod tickles my love for the Dwemer.

I got this mod not really knowing anything at all about it. It was among the top ones for quest mods and I wanted a mod that added new quests, items, locations... So I got this one.

It starts off by you getting hit with a paralysis spell, stripped of all of your gear and then sold as a slave to a Telvanni scholar. At least you get to keep your tongue, unlike all the other slaves. So of course the first thing you do after you've been let out of your cell is to go talk to everybody and explore and find out their secrets.

You find yourself in Sadrith Kegran. A Telvanni city underground, built on the ruins of a Dwemer city. The whole DLC is like if Vvardenfell and Blackreach had a baby and I absolutely love it!

As time goes on and you help the people in Sadrith Kegran with small troubles you're soon let in on the secret of project AHO. AHO was something the Dwemer worked on and two rival scholars in Sadrith Kegran both want to use it. Your master is one, but it's becoming evident that he's slowly losing his mind.

So will you stay loyal to your master even after the rulers give you your freedom and help him use AHO? (Despite his budding insanity). Or will you help his rival achieve the same goal? One of them will doom the city, the other will save it. There are two endings to this story. Take your pick.

(And this mod had the best Easter egg ever)

Another cool thing is that hidden deep inside the Dwemer ruins is a music organ, and you can find Dwemer cubes with songs on them to use on the organ. One of them plays the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack. Another one plays the Dragon Age Inquisition soundtrack. There are lots of familiar tunes to be found all over.

I chose to destroy the town but save AHO. I'm not entirely sure I made the right choice, but it seemed right at the time. Don't overthink things.

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