The Forgotten Realm
"Somewhere deep into the forests of Blackwood, there once stood a great castle. But then something happened. The crops began to die, and soon thereafter, the animals died too. Servants started to report strange noises and twinkling lights in the dungeons beneath the castle. Shortly afterwards the place was abandoned and fell into decay. Blackwood Forest had consumed the castle.
Centuries later, not knowing about the circumstances of the castle’s fall to ruin, a rich lord, named Aryon, from Leyawiin decided to build himself an estate in the forest. Having an interest for ancient things, this lord found the site of the ruined castle a perfect location, allowing him to investigate the castle ruins. One year later, the lord didn’t show up at the annual County meeting. A month later an Imperial patrol was sent to investigate. It disappeared. Nobody knew what had happened. Years past with no word of neither the soldiers nor the lord. Soon, years became decades. Ultimately, it was all forgotten about… until now!"



Description

After speaking to a Dark Elf spellwright dispatched to Leyawiin by the Great House Telvanni, you are sent on a quest to uncover the circumstances of a certain nobleman's disappearance. By venturing far into Blackwood Forest you are thrown into something much bigger than you could ever imagine. Explore ancient castle ruins, make your way through natural caverns and break into a lost ayleid city, sealed off from the rest of the world. The Forgotten Realm offers any Oblivion player an epic adveture with an epic reward in the end of course. The mod will allow the player to enter a huge underground dungeon which ultimately leads him or her to the long lost Forgotten Realm!

Details

• 40+ detailed cells already and more on its way
• New worldspace
• Several boss-fights
• Discover a secret cult and then something worse...
• Pretty extensive questline
• Aquire a companion
• Lots of surprises, traps, stuff and epic moments!!!

Progress

Level Design - 90% (Some minor tweaks and the addition of 2-3 "escape route" cells)
Quests - 70% (Fix some more dialogue and add new quest updates)
Scripts - 80% (Correct some persistent errors and perhaps add some more scripted events for extra awesomeness)

Screenshots and Videos

NEWEST!!! 2010-08-18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTHqInCYb8I

NEW! 2010-06-25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsxpTnAuzQ

NEW! 2010-06-03
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NEW! 2010-03-29
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NEW! 2010-03-23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haNI6_3s71Q

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Help Request

In case anybody feels like they're up the challenge, I do have a need to hire one or maybe two voice actors. Since the dialogue is not finished yet, the voice work cannot be started yet. Although, if anyone shows interest at this very stage, I can write your names down somewhere so I'll know who to contact when the time comes The kind of voice actors I need is one person who can record male dunmer voices. One arrogant swearing dunmer who's always angry and one dunmer who's also arrogant, but a has a lot more manners and does sound a little sofisticated. And then, I might perhaps need a person who can voice act for an ayleid/high elf male, who's supposed to sound like a demigod sort of But I'm not sure if I'm going to have voice for this guy, so we'll see about that

I am also getting closer to the point where I need some beta testers, so feel free to sign up for that!

Install

1. Extract the files to a temporary location.
2. Examine the folder structure and make corrections where necessary. Though this shouldn't be needed, as everything is most likely in order here.
3. Copy files to (install folder)\Oblivion\Data\
4. Start Oblivion Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the .esp file(s).

Uninstall

1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file(s).
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod.
3. You're done!

Incompatibility

This mod could conflict with any other mod that makes changes to the area around Leyawiin and Blackwood Forest.
More specific information on cell edits will be made available later.

History

Currently in progress, but targeted for a 2010 pre-summer release.

Contact

You can find me on the official Elder Scrolls forums and on TESNexus as 'GrandDukeAdense'
You can send me an email here: adense@hotmail.com

Credits

Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to TESNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on.
Thanks to RaduSamanc (tda?) for tda's armory
Thanks to Ghogiel for the Bonemold armor
Thanks to jojjo for the Death Knight armor
Thanks to CGChaos and Infiniti for the Horror Creatures
Kudos to myself for not forgetting anyone who should deserve credits (I hope)

Tools Used

7-Zip - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579
GIMP - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14920
NIFSkope - http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope
TES Construction Set - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11367
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp


Licensing/Legal

You must contact me and obtain my permission before re-packaging any part of
this mod.



Cheers, GrandDukeAdense

sounds awesome can't wait to play through it, keep up the good work

Ooh, this sounds like fun! Eagerly anticipating the release. :drool:

Definitely sounds awesome. Looking forward to it.

This really looks epic, can't wait

Looks cool. Any ETA on first release, and the specific areas that are modified?

Sounds great. I love well designed dungeon crawls, and look forward to this one

I don't know how long it'll be before I can release it, but I'm fairly sure that it will be before summer. So perhaps in one or two months. A little more, a little less. I don't know. I don't like deadlines xD

And for the cell edits, the primary cell edited in Tamriel is Cell "33,-30". A few other cells neighbouring to this one has been edited as well. I do not think this area is touched by Unique Landscapes And finally, I have placed one NPC outside the Leyawiin Coast Guard station. (I will look into how this conflicts with mods like better leyawiin and Leyawiin reborn later..)

EDIT:

In case anybody feels like they're up the challenge, I do have a need to hire one or maybe two voice actors. Since the dialogue is not finished yet, the voice work cannot be started yet. Although, if anyone shows interest at this very stage, I can write your names down somewhere so I'll know who to contact when the time comes The kind of voice actors I need is one person who can record male dunmer voices. One arrogant swearing dunmer who's always angry and one dunmer who's also arrogant, but a has a lot more manners and does sound a little sofisticated. And then, I might perhaps need a person who can voice act for an ayleid/high elf male, who's supposed to sound like a demigod sort of But I'm not sure if I'm going to have voice for this guy, so we'll see about that

Hugely looking forward to this, GrandDukeAdense. The screen shots look great so far. I like the story too, I'm really looking forward to discovering the secrets of this dungeon. Keep up the good work!

NEW! 2010-03-23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haNI6_3s71Q

I'm sorry for the lag, but my computer svcks and that area needs some optimizing

cool video, can't wait for the final product. More epic dungeons need to be made lol

Try asking around at http://www.tesalliance.org/. They have a Voice Actors Guild there, so you might just find a few who would be interested.

Epic. dungeons. are. EPIC.

Ah, didn't think of that! Thx for the tip

Alright, I'm just dropping off a small update here! 3 new screenshots of something I started building earlier today. You'll see what is is when the mod comes out


NEW! 2010-03-29
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Damn that old structure looks fine, good job Duke :foodndrink:

thx

The mod is progressing pretty good right now. I think that the level design will be almost completely done very soon. (excluding scripted events/traps etc)

Wow! Looking great Duke! :goodjob: I'm still trying to work out what models you've used for the "old structure" - is it some kind of bridge? Throw me a hint here!

It's the Skingrad bridge

Ah! Of course - I was thinking about that big bridge near the IC but the arches are different on that one Thanks

Actually, he skingrad bridge and the "near-ic" bridge use the same models They're both located in the architecture/skingrad folder

Hey haven't heard anything in a few days. How is everything going? and a friendly bump so others may see what is sure to be an awesome mod.

Woahhhh!! Dude your a light in the darkness.

I love this! Especially me that's just recently been a Dungeon Diver! Good lawd, thanks!

looks great. might be interested in doing voice acting if nobody's doing them yet. how many lines will these characters have?

It's kind of going in the right direction!
I have not modded for a few weeks now, but I'll get back to it sometime soon
What remains to do for me on this project, is creating the final area of the mod and to fix some scripts.. and right now I don't feel very motivated to do that..