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Hello folks!

I am still diving into the deep of the Dawnguard questline. Right now, I am actively building and conditioning the dialogue buckets for our favorite ancient vampire. We are turning up the depth, the immersion, and the pure narrative scale.

Here is exactly what is cooking in the Volkihar labs:

💀 Core Quest Expansions🦇

The major beats of Serana’s journey are getting a massive injection of personality. Each of the following quests will receive 25 unique greetings, 25 farewells, and 25 custom idle lines (75 lines per quest):

Chasing Echoes

Beyond Death

Scroll Scouting

Seeking Disclosure

Discerning the Transmundane

🌌 Environmental Awareness: The Deep & The Dead🌌

We can’t have Serana walking through Tamriel's most atmospheric locations in silence. I am building heavy locational awareness for two of the most massive zones in the game. Because of their sheer size, both areas are getting an expanded treatment of 50 idles, 25 greetings, and 25 farewells (100 lines per zone):

The Soul Cairn

BlackreachI am doing minor awareness for Alftand and Tower of Mzark as well (25/25/25)

I am a fan of admiring the zone which is the reason for the large bucket of lines

📊 The Numbers At A Glance

The estimated lines this segment will add is a staggering 725 Serana Lines.

A Quick Note on Scope: This single phase of development is a staggering undertaking. To put it in perspective, the sheer volume of dialogue being added here completely eclipses the entire introductory arcs of the DLC combined.

💀 And Then🦇

We begin the easy road of doing these quests

Unseen Visions

Touching the Sky

Kindred Judgement

and the Forgotten Vale..

Then because I am a masochist...... I will be adding evolving combat dialogue (Taunts, Combat Starts and Combat Finishers).

Thank you all for your incredible, ongoing support. This project couldn't happen without you, and I can't wait to show you the depth this brings to the final experience. Stay tuned!

— Arcanyx Studios

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Alex

Lets goo woo😁

christophher Blessing

This is a mod I highly anticipate. I have enjoyed the playtest you released of it, her voice is seamless, if I had not heard your audio files first, I wouldn't know I had installed the mod, it is that good. I have one question. Will this have a marriage arc(like Abeegods, or Marry me Serena) like you mentioned in Harkon and Valerica looking for now partners? Or will it be a romance only arc for Serana like in SDE?

Arcanyx Studios

The relationship mod will cover relationships for Harkon, Valerica and Serana. They will not require Harkon Diabologue Add-On as the condition for Harkon is simply is Harkon enabled or disabled :) You will be able to play house with Serana for a bit of time while the volkihar discuss things. After that point you will learn of "Soul Mates" The first line valerica says is "By the Maker, Serana is that you" So I am leaning into a ritual that they learned while they served the All-Maker originally.

christophher Blessing

If I understand you... You'll have an informal arrangement with Serana while the clan discusses politics at a key plot point(possible before climax of a story arc) Then she may become your soulmate. It seems like this could be a binding or intertwining of souls magically. If I recall the All Maker is the deity whose stones you encounter in the Dragonborn expansion? The ritual would have some force that unites the player with Serana and would circumvent the need for a wedding at a temple, correct? Kind of like with the Ideal Masters with binding souls to the soul cairn, but more open and honest, a choice. Just trying to get a clearer picture, regardless, it is going to be in my load order... :)

Arcanyx Studios

So if you have Harkon Diabologue Add-On you can tell Harkon that Valerica is alive and bring him with you for touching the Sky and avoid the fight (You will get a new boss fight in the Future). After you do Kindred Judgement (Spare/Slay). Vingalmo will gain a forced greet and come to talk to you and ask you about the future of the volkihar clan. He will also ask that it is time for Serana to get out of the castle and spread her wings a bit. VIngalmo understands as he is one of the oldest thalmor in existence (Thalmor existed since the merethic era and were guardians of Altmeri heritage). He will have you marry Serana (and will explain that the marriage will be voided as you are both undead creatures) but the citizens will be like oooo. There will be a dialogue option for Vingalmo to erase the memory of Skyrim of you being married (undo the marriage quest and faction adds). The all-maker is a god in the elder scrolls universe which the Skaal worship and was very popular back in the times of Atmora. Sithis is another god as are a few others. The cosmos in the Elder Scrolls is vast. :)

christophher Blessing

So, Vingalmo will act as a sort of preacher, marrying you two as a sort of court vampire royal couple and he can undo it if you ask him? Also if you kill Harkon it would make sense to marry her...because she is the princess wanting to rebuild her family legacy and you are the strongest vampire(volkihar side.) So there will be a marriage quest and factions, standard spouse perks, etc? I really like your ideas...

KingGinja81

Wasn't sure the right place to ask this, so I guess I'll throw it here. Been using SDA for a while (despite thinking Laura Bailey did a great job Serana just felt flat for me) and would like to keep using it so I was wondering which of your Serana mods were compatible with SDA? I know you've been doing a lot of your Serana mods with Kerstyn to make them work with SDA, but when I look through them I'm confused as to which ones work and which ones don't. I hate it that I sound like a modding novice, but for some reason I'm just not following the path right so to speak.

Arcanyx Studios

Currently we have a patch for Valerica Diabologue Add-On Harkon Diabologue Add-On Patch is being worked on. Kerstyn is voicing that. We also have KVE Serana which is designed for SDA.

KingGinja81

Awesome, thanks! Kerstyn is by far my favorite "non-vanilla" voice actor for Skyrim. I LOVE that you're doing so much work with her.

Arcanyx Studios

Sinister Serana Diabologue Add-On Kerstyn patch will be a bit sadly.

KingGinja81

The work you've been doing so far has been fantastic. I'm have no doubt at all it will be WELL worth the wait.