- O R S I N I U M -

LAND OF THE ORCS

Explore a completely new and exotic land beyond the border of Skyrim

DOWNLOAD - To be added soon

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa253/GrandDukeAdense/OrsiniumLogo_zps133b58ac.jpg

Note: LOD Objects is now almost completely working. I'll fix the download link after the weekend!

WHAT DOES THIS MOD DO?

It adds an entire new province to the game. Namely, the homeland of the Orcs.

Access to Orsinium is provided by a mountain pass in southwestern Skyrim.

When in Orsinium, you will have an entirely new map to explore. New enemies to fight. New NPCs to meet. And new music playing in the background.

Eventually there will be new quests as well.

LONGER DESCRIPTION

Travel beyond the borders of Skyrim and venture into the harsh mountain kingdom of Orsinium, that the Orcs call their home. Orsinium is nothing like Skyrim. Where the Nords live in snowy

pine forests, the Orcs dwell in a desert-like valley, surrounded by jagged mountains and the occasional tropical oasis. The tall mountains surrounding Orsinium shield it from the cold winds, making it

habitable to many of the dangerous creatures of Hammerfell. So beware the wilderness!

Travelling to Orsinium City itself, situated ontop a central mountain in the valley, is not automatically safer, though. The Orcs are not very hospitable to outsiders. The city is ruled by King Gortwog, who is protected by

his elite Honor Guards. Orsinium City has an arena pit. Much of the city consists of ancient, withering structures; a remnant from the time when Yokudans inhabited the valley.

Other places of note in Orsinium are Dunhoff, a mining colony, and Fang Lair, an ancient Dwarven mine. There is also a small orc stronhold, Snow-Hearth, located far up in the mountains.

Plenty of old Yokudan ruins also dot the valley and are the home of pariah bandits and the feared Dune Wraiths. Rumor has it that Orsinium City is actually built on top of an ancient Yokudan temple complex.

The Orsinium Valley features a few different landscapes. You can find snowy mountains, redwood forests, deserts, rocky badlands, a tropical oasis, savannas and pine forests.

Various creatures not seen in Skyrim live in the valley. Some of these are: lumbering Mountain Lizards, deadly Ungulants and bloodthirsty Harpies.

Good things to know: King Gortwog has banned the worship of Malacath and reinstated Trinimac as the chief Orcish deity. Worshippers of Malacath live as pariahs in the wilderness.

Recently, the Orcish mining operations have unearthed a new, durable metal, dubbed Trinium.

In pursuit of the Trinium metal, the Orcs have also uncovered passages leading deep into the mountain below the city.

[Main Quest - Not Yet Implemented] - The strictly religious and devout Wardens are amassing in the old fortress of Greywall, under the leadership of Archmaster Gonriv. Meanwhile, glowing crystals are coming to life across Orsinium. The Orcish King Gortwog calls for a champion to investigate these disturbing developments.

FEATURES

-A completely new land with its own map

-A large city

-Several smaller settlements

-Exotic and dry environment

-New dungeon type: Yokudan ruins

-Orcs

-New enemies to fight

-Dungeons and other points of interest

-New armors and weapons

-Easter eggs and hidden areas (lots of them)

-New background music

-A new player home

-Many new and retextured models

-A huge dungeon complex

-Once I reach 1.0-status, I will allow people to create their own add-ons for this mod.

-More Orcs

PROGRESS

-Most of the exteriors a finished now. Only a few locations need more details.

-Interiors are progressing. I have several dungeons and city interiors at the moment.

-Quests are not top priority before worldbuilding is done. (Though I have a really cool mainquest in mind)

-Occasional voice acting might be a good idea to implement quickly, though.

HELP REQUEST

-I need Orc voices actors (male and female) as well as elven and human male voices

-People willing to write dialogue and invent characters

MEDIA

Newer stuff

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294914693/855C445DA1CAB246955F977EE57B7B270EAD0AF7/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294878252/45B21E77F0B9352E2681AC229C495A83B7C06823/

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294871383/36849615AD07327CBB92C01AAB70C30483A7A747/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294892655/B002D5C468A6D8E010C2CF4956E4720D67D44EAE/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294885466/02B19719E01C3F269ECFAD48E92CD480F3198014/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294903810/C16DA8E76CFE833234660C5DA005256A7DB5137C/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294910314/315610F02B131C2F639378AA9955328A1FE8EBD5/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/885253194103746601/208255B61C7AF0A9A59A741B1E9E1C49A6882435/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/1100268990168094137/71F13FA6D922C333BEBE44340D0F04BFE47D5928/

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1100268990213713102/F1A82BE274B7B20FDA11823AE5696C45FE3DDBDD/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/1099139929750005194/220FE347247086EC887321B695FBE8347DB6E1D3/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/1099139929749991953/D0EA3F0CD58555F88C295712E1D4D6B9FEE7196C/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/1172309635793480648/0E8035BFC73240E5937ABA88D16FD66FBEBBAC8F/

Old Screenshots (LOD not working, etc)

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/468684892005129107/518F0A206C93CC6C65AC28E1FA15867F564083D1/

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http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/468684892005146768/9D8DBFB9ECDE86AFF50D6485D998968CAB4A87CB/

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http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/468684892005154622/BF6FFD65B42B9045F5C2F9E6C89E94453582E750/

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CREDITS

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - All the new music

Ga-Knomboe Boy - GKB GREEN TREES

Vicn - Vicn Creature Resources

Oaristys and Tony67 - Modders Resource Pack

Markusliberty - Orcish Hut Kit

Zairaam and Natterforme - Tribunal Robes and Masks

gechbal - Stormlord Armor

Zairaam aka Thomas Veyrat - Tribunal Robes

Feedback and help is welcome, since that means I can release what I have much quicker.

Looks pretty good. The amount of stuff you create... If you worked for the Beyond Skyrim team from the start they would be done by now lol

Holy Bejeezus...you had me from the first pic!

Looks good!

Really cool project, GrandDukeAdense!

I can report that it coming along very nicely. This has happened yesterday and today:

-I've created several new dungeons (in the new Yokudan Ruins-style) and I've expanded the province from the valley floor up into the mountains, making for a much larger och more diverse map to explore.

-I also added a large mountain fortress (mainquest-relevant) and some bandit camps.

-I have also imported assets from some of my abandoned side projects, which now means Orsinium - Land of the Orcs will allow you to visit the Arcane University in Cyrodiil, during the main quest.

Here comes an image-update of some of what I've been doing today and yesterday:

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294871383/36849615AD07327CBB92C01AAB70C30483A7A747/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294885466/02B19719E01C3F269ECFAD48E92CD480F3198014/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294892655/B002D5C468A6D8E010C2CF4956E4720D67D44EAE/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294903810/C16DA8E76CFE833234660C5DA005256A7DB5137C/

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294910314/315610F02B131C2F639378AA9955328A1FE8EBD5/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294914693/855C445DA1CAB246955F977EE57B7B270EAD0AF7/

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469811338294878252/45B21E77F0B9352E2681AC229C495A83B7C06823/

I'm going to keep you updated quite often about what I do.

Also, if anyone can help me with LOD Geration please PM me. I need help with that before I can release.

Will the legion have a presence? The orsimur and the imperial have been close allies for centuries, and the legion highly respects the orcs for there prowess.

I did have an Imperial Legion Fort, but I removed it due to it feeling off in that location. I'm currently looking for another way to have the Legion be present there. Perhaps I'll add another legion fort somewhere if I find a good spot.

I noticed the mention of Gortwog as current Orcish leader. Is that a descendent of the one from Daggerfall? I don't believe the same one could have lived that long, as Orc lifespans are more human-like than elf-like.

I don't know much about LOD generation (other than I've heard it's a real pain to do with the CK) but have you seen this from the TES5Edit devs?

http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3931-wipz-tes5lodgen/

I think I'm going to leave that ambiguous for now. The king is pretty old and you can decide for yourself if you want it to be the same one or just a descendant.

Oh, I'll check that out!

Edit: THANK YOU!! It works now

Edit2: That also means I can upload the first Late Alpha/Early Beta version sometime next week.

Don't forget to add OLD NICK to the credits!!!!!

Seriously, this sounds like it is going to be a superb addition to the game. Good luck and Elvis Bless!

Who is Old Nick??

And yeah, is going to be superb!

I'm also gonna ingrate all my previous unfinished WIP mods into this one, so it's gonna contain lots of cool stuff!!

the person who gave you the solution to your LOD problem....

Aaaahhhhh! Obviously I'm not a known payer of attention

Looks good and all. But will we ever see Depths of Tamriel finished?

I'm going to put the Depths of Tamriel dungeon into this, and rework the storyline for it a little to fit in with Orsinium.

I will do the same with some other unfinished projects of mine. I think that's the best way to do it, or else you're probably never gonna see them released.

Edit: "The Depths of Tamriel" dungeon is now officially and physically located underneath Orsinium! To be honest I'm feeling very optimistic about this!!

I'm glad you figured out who old nick is!

Sounds good. Now I just hope you finish this new project one day. Not sure what to expect from Orsinium, but I was looking to crawl in the Depths for quite some time.

The upper levels of my "Depths" dungeon is now combined with the new Yokudan-style ruins + it'll be integrated into a bigger questline which will take you across all of Orsinium (and a quick visit to Cyrodiil). So overall it'll become part of something much bigger than the original Depths of Tamriel scope.

Edit: A question for you guys. Do you want me to release what I have so far sometime next week, or do you want me to wait until I've done a little more work and set up the quests/dialogue?

Release it when its 100% finished. Or when its near release for beta testing. Nobody wants to see half finished buggy mess

This is looking really great!

I would release it ASAP; playtesters are always good to have

Maybe something inbetween these two opposing options. Some kind of limited alpha release, with a link just for us forum users (a file on dropbox or similar, maybe Dark Creations or AFK Mods) rather than releasing an unfinished mod to the masses on Nexus or Steam where you'd be leaving yourself open to loads of 'buggy mess' type complaints.

I think you should wait till 100% done. At least I am going to wait to play it when it is 100% done.