#vigilant mod

[lokorum]

i accidentally remembered that i made this little animation back in 2022......never finished it of course, but its nice to look at, you know? cant believe i had so much free time

[duskiily]

"why are you looking at me like that?"

[gortrash]

Child of Stendarr, kneel before me and obey. Surrender your soul to me. Do this, and I promise you a swift death. | VIGILANT - ACT 1

[devalius]

Reflecting on the story of Unslaad tonight and I just find it so interesting that both overarching antagonists of the Vicn Trilogy, Molag Bal and Hermaeus Mora, and by extension Hoholaugh and the Black Owls in regards to the latter, each manage to be so horrifyingly villainous while also being the most pathetic characters in the whole story. Each of them is desperately attempting to force you to give them what they need to escape their own destruction, trying with everything in their power to beat you into submission with the worst horrors imaginable, only for them to be practically crawling and clinging onto your ankle while desperately pleading for you to stop and help them by the end. Each seems like an impossible foe at the darkest moments of the story, but when you look back after it's all over you can see just how pitiful they always were.

"Laugh at such matters, Dragonborn. For the Prisoner holds the reins of fate in their hands."

I also think of it as a nice callback to Vigilant that you can defeat Hoholaugh by offering him forgiveness, but with a very different outcome compared to the souls you grant peace in that story, and honestly I think it's the most damning option of all for him. He looks out upon the world and the understanding of what he's done, how he's been used, and all that he was never and will never be able to be part of hits him all at once. That's the key thing, too. I think Hoholaugh doesn't just know in this moment, he understands. Molag Bal will never understand, and neither will Hermaeus Mora. The Prince of Fate is too stuck with his head buried in all his stolen words and, even moreso, his own fear to have any capacity to look at the world and truly comprehend the magnificence of it all. But in the moment after he's freed, Hoholaugh understands, and it destroys him.

"The more I think about it, the more I feel... I could have been a part of this world if only my Lord Herma-Mora participated in its creation..."

The greatest revenge you can have against the Black Owl is to take none at all, and I think there's something brilliant to that.

[x-nephophile-x]

Vigilant photo-dump because it's a great mod and if you make it a Blood and Gore ride, its an even more terrific time and definitely doesn't make you cry times two but it's okay, it's all an act of love and im not eating drywall over any of it! <3

Bonus Post-Vigilant Sol because she went through it:

[cognicent]

these have been sitting in my drive for like two months because i kept forgetting they EXIST!!! but here are some traditional sketches i scanned of my dragonborn, one of miraak and a few interactions between lokorum's nae and my ldb ^^ (edit: tumblr crunched the quality real bad so for a better resolution please click on them 😭)

[caliblorn]

As tesblr’s self appointed Vigilant representative PLEASE PLAY IT ITS SOOOOO GOOOOOD IT WILL ALTER UR BRAIN CHEMISTRY

FUCK I'm still grinding to get myself a new graphic card, but as soon as I get there...

absolutely adding it to my "to play" list. NO SPOILERS THO, I want to do a proper blind playthrough

[the-creature-22]

Act 2, lets goooo

Also, I have a new favourite reaction photo of these gremlins

They both smell bullshit, and it's coming from Altano

"This Bitch."

[velvet-apricots]

It’s such a sad and cruel story. Shouldn’t the ending be inspiring, And full of happiness?

[moonnen]

So I’m playing through Vigilant for the first time and I have so many thoughts. I stayed up till like 3 playing it last night and I’m currently at work on a break so I’ll give a small summary of my thoughts.

Spoilers for Vigilant ( Skyrim mod )

Keep in mind I’ve only gotten through Act 3 and I’m at the beginning of act 4 barely even started because I told myself I had to go to bed last night. I’m not gonna break every act down into massive paragraphs I just want to summarize my thoughts on a first play.

ALSO keep in mind I’m playing alongside with Gore and Auri as they both have Vigilant commentary!

First and foremost Vigilant is fucking incredible.

Besides maybe the first couple of quests in act 1 the writing is impeccable. Not that those first quests are bad but they aren’t great. It’s a bit jumpy and mostly a “go here do this kill this thing okay move on.”

So act 1 in the beginning eh.

BUT BITCH

The end of act 1 is FUCKIN CRAZY.

As someone who adores and loves the dark souls series the feeling this mod gave me was almost exact to how the trilogy of souls games made me feel. For a Skyrim mod that’s fuckin insane.

Granted I am running lots of combat mods so things are more fluid then they may usually be, I would say some combat mods are necessary. Like a dodge mod and maybe some animations. Vanilla combat would make this experience pretty lack luster in my opinion. The bosses themselves are incredibly well made. Down to the design, the music, the arenas. Again it gave me the feeling of a souls like!

AND GIRL I HAVENT EVEN FINISHED THE MOD!

There are some triggering themes. Please keep this in mind if you are also considering playing vigilant. It through me for a loop when playing it and I had a little cry sesh after. I do think they are handle in a subtle and respectful way however. Take care of yourself first 🩷

Not to even mention the MASTERPIECE that is GoreDevs work on Gores commentary for this quest line. It is beyond phenomenal! The work he put in is truly incredible and getting to act 4 with Gore was a wild ride not only because ya know vigilant but also GORE!

Overall I’m loving vigilant and I’ll give my full and final thoughts when I finish it. As I’m writing this I am now back home and about to hop back in! Yippie!!!!

[lokorum]

but what shall i do

with my dead/ loved so particularly

leavin me/ specifically

[seiji-the-ice-drake]

The overwhelming desire to reinstall Skyrim so I can replay Vigilant again and experience some of the added options that people won't film on youtube for some reason VS the soul-crushing fear of installing mods to improve my experience only for the game to suddenly brick itself before I even get close to where I want to be at when I decide to start the mod

[sasquach-scratches]

Vigilant is great, but I wish it didn't break radiant quests just by being installed lol

[devalius]

I know the signs are already showing, but here’s a direct advance warning to the people that if I start speaking in strange verses and gazing into the void more than usual it’s because Vigilant has me in its grasp again. Beware that I could start playing Skyrim again at any moment within the next month and when I get to that quest you will KNOW.

(Kyne waits beyond the foaming darkness on the other side.)

[x-nephophile-x]

I'm so normal about the Skyrim Vigilant mod by Vicn, and I can be trusted with it, I swear (lying).

[cognicent]

sketch of mary from the vigilant mod for skyrim