Hello From SirEyeball

[SirEyeball]

I am Danish and a former English teacher.
I am inept in modding. I will however be glad to help with Norse sounding words and names for items, places and books.
A skjald is the Norse name for bard for instance. I will of course keep it within the lore.
If you need it I could also write some short sagas(personal stories) for the books and maybe some quests that would be typical in a Nord/Norse enviroment. It would then be up to you great modders to incorporate it in the world.

[Praedator]

Sounds like a good offer to me

[Lestat DeLioncourt]

Welcome to our forums SirEyeball,

actually it sounds very interesting and it would be great to have someone in the team who is speaking a native norse tongue, since none of us is from a norse country. Personally I'm a big fan of the vikings and their history and society.

Could you write a skald (like it could be possibly found in a barrow) or something similar and post it in the showcase section?

[SirEyeball]

Sure thing Ill get right on it.
It would be a short piece just but so are most of the books.
Just to clarify A Skjald is a Bard or a teller of stories. He or she (there were no female Skjalds in real life but for the sake of the game) would be telling sagas which usually are short stories. There are epic Sagas such as Eddas Saga Which are quite long.

[Worsas]

Hello SirEyeball,

great to have a connoisseur of the skjald-mead among us. Welcome!

[SirEyeball]

Thx
I am indead a drinker of mead (mjød)
And a lover of norse history

[Hayabusa153]

Ah, welcome.

[SirEyeball]

Since I am new here could someone fill me in on how to get to work. As a writer I could do scripts for npcs, books and quests + what else needs writing, but I haven't got a clue as to how these texts get into the game. I imagine writing some docs and attaching them to a post and then someone who is not me apply them to the mod? Also what needs doing and how do I do it without stepping on someone's toes. Lastly in case of quests, should they only be local or can they include TR mods, morrowind + updates + other regions if they are build? (thinking travels between regions and such.) If its the latter is it possible for us to add npc to these areas?

[Yeti]

First of all, welcome to the team, SirEyeball

I imagine writing some docs and attaching them to a post and then someone who is not me apply them to the mod?

This is how it is currently done with books and documents. Feel free to post any ideas you have for these in the literature section of the forum.

scripting and questing however requires use of the Construction Set. However, it isn't extremely difficult to learn how to use. I managed to figure it out and I'm usually useless at using computer programs.

Also what needs doing and how do I do it without stepping on someone's toes.

Well, if you're interested mainly in writing stuff, you can write a book about anything you want as long as it's related to Elder Scrolls and fits the setting of Skyrim. You can also come up with quest ideas for the lands we are currently working on.

Most other mod related tasks are handled through claims which a modder can sign up to work on by posting in threads for unclaimed claims.

Lastly in case of quests, should they only be local or can they include TR mods, morrowind + updates + other regions if they are build? (thinking travels between regions and such.) If its the latter is it possible for us to add npc to these areas?

At the moment, our quests should only be local, set in the lands we are making.

[SirEyeball]

Great thx I will get right to it and write a couple of books.