- Northern Bathhouses -   
By Maxinuz
Ver.A


DESCRIPTION:

This mod adds lore- and architecture-friendly bathhouses to Markarth, Solitude, Morthal, Whiterun, Dawnstar and Riften.

Remember yourself travelling a long road and making your way through the frozen Skyrim tundra, fighting dragons and camping outside? Well, I think we all know what it is. And I always thought that there is something missing when I rerturn home. Some place to relax, but the tavern is not enough for full relaxation in such a cold, windy continent. So I decided to add a bathhouses to the cities. I've added them to Markarth, Solitude, Morthal, Whiterun, Dawnstar and Riften. The bathhouses are not just separate buildings or cells. They are closely connected to each city they are in. Each bathhouse has its own name, style (depending on city's appearance and prosperity) and citizens knows about its existence, so they will rest there at the evening after work.

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INSTALLATION:
1. Open the archive with the mod.
2. Copy all the files (except Readme.txt) to your Skyrim/Data directory.
3. Check the mod in Skyrim Launcher.

If you want to delete the mod, than you need to get rid of these files
-- skyrim/data/meshes/thebathhouses
-- skyrim/data/meshes/actors/character/facegendata/facegeom/northern bathhouses.esp
-- skyrim/data/textures/thebathhouses
-- skyrim/data/textures/actors/character/facegendata/facetint/northern bathhouses.esp
-- skyrim/data/Northern Bathhouses.esp

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WHITERUN:
Hoarfrost bathhouse is located in Whiterun, behind the Arcadia's Cauldron. It is small old shack with steam-room and some space to cool of a bit. It was built on the initiative of Battle-Born clan many years ago. And they are still its rightful owners, but they allow everyone to use it freely.

RIFTEN:
Riften's bathhouse is located in the basement of Bee And Barb tavern. Talen has always wanted to provide customers with a good sauna, and not so long ago he and Kirava are finally made it and it is free for all wishing to visit it. Even Maven like to rest there at night.

MORTHAL:
Morthal people are not much of a "bathers" and Hjaalmarch climate is wet. But they built a bathhouse because of its healing properties. They are pouring some special herbal fluids on the stones and it's making their heads to hurt less and their muscles to relax.

WINDHELM:
Windhelm bathhouse is called Njauri Haftungur and has quite a story... Fragments of an old books, that was found in Windhelm libraries: "Nords are great lovers and connoisseurs of a traditional Nordic sauna, so having it in Windhelm was no discussion. It was built on the First Era, just next to the Palace of the Kings, so Jarl could visit it as he wished. Many years were passed, many of the Jarls changed and Nja'ri Haftungur was very small, but appreciated place<...>The dark times touched even Njauri Haftungur. On Second Era 328, the whole noble family was slaughtered by conspirators right in the steam-room. People were scared, and this place remained forgotten for about thirty years<...>Nobody knows what "Njauri Haftungur" means. This name was formed after the ancient fisher's adage. It says: "Fornslad fainklu du nja'ri haftungur!". This language is so obsolete, that only one in a billion Nord knows it."
But nowadays Windhelm bathhouse is being not so appreciated, and now the Jarl doesn't care about its fate so Njauri Haftungur maintained by citizens of Windhelm, who don't whant to brake the old traditions. Unfortunately, it is still in bad condition and there is nothing to do with it.

DAWNSTAR:
Quicksilver miners built this bathhouse for taking a rest after a long day or even days of hard work and for hiding from deadly frost. Some of them believe that good vapor and warm air can relieve people from nightmares they see. But there is so much work with an ore so the miners just don't have a time and strength to get there. Nevertheless, this place is maintained by Rustleif and it looks like he and his wife are the only one who have time to relax in Dawnstar.

MARKARTH:
Bahtand Zin Markarth is now a name for Markarth's bathhouse. It has a pool, a steam- and a jet-room. This place is as old as the city, but it wasn't a bathhouse in the past. The dwemers used this place for their scientific experiments. It was used as somekind of an arboretum. So when the first people arrived there, they noticed that this is a perfect place for bathhouse. The pipes are connected to the main pipeline so maintenance of a steam systems is not a difficult task. The bard named Kjartan has taken the initiative to entertain the visitors and also became the co-owner of the Bahtand Zin Markarth.

SOLITUDE:
Solitude bathhouse is located in Winking Skeever. It is the most beautiful bathhouse in Skyrim for nobles. It has a hot pool, a steam-room with aromatized vapor, comfortable showers and some space to sit and rest without bathing. The Winking Skeever Vaporarium is a place loved by citizens of Solitude. Usually, its empty at the daytime. Only at the evening the people are visiting it to relax just a bit after a hard day. So if you want to spend some time with yourself only, you should visit this place at the day. As in Markarth, there is also an imperial-bard, who will fill the room with brilliant music, during your presence. Because of Winking Skeever prosperity Vaporarium is completely free.

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This mod isn't 100% complete yet. It will update. In the future, if the mod will go well, I am planning to add some features. For example, sitting in the steam-rooms adds you some bonuses depending on a time you spend there, I will add some new models and etc.


If you'll see any bugs, please report to me.





