Shadowstar Castle - Skyrim Special Edition House Mod

[@christophermills7693]

Hey Feb, this one wonders if you know that Shadowstar Castle has been up dated. This one will tell you that it will require a new game to use. The Library was removed from the collection room. Which is good as this one HATES large number of mannequins. Nasty things those mannequins, this one tells you they are worst than Mudcrabs

[@FebrithDarkstar]

LOL:) No I didn't know that, thanks Chris:)

[@christophermills7693]

@@FebrithDarkstar it was updated between yesterday and really early this morning my time..... my Khajiit speak is terrible....

[@FebrithDarkstar]

@@christophermills7693 Yeh mine too, I sound ridiculous as I do when I attempt any accent!

[@detpak]

@@FebrithDarkstar Yes I have the new version,and Skylazz did some nice touch ups to the place.A new (Hidden) vampire chamber for those that choose to be.A lady ghost roams the castle and the display hall has a slighty new design !!

[@sayuas4293]

@@detpak where is the hidden vampire part?

[@nancyarris2201]

I think this has to be one of the best looking castle I have viewed, I love the display alcoves what a fantastic idea. This mod author has wonderful talent. Hopefully we see more from them.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Hi Nancy I have a whole playlist of Skyrimlazz's homes if you like his style (and who wouldn't!?) :D

[@nancyarris2201]

@@FebrithDarkstar Thank you for the heads up, I will have to check them out.

[@Synicizm]

Thanks for taking this place on! It can be a little intimidating at first, but it's not that bad to get used to. It's where I store my favorite followers (Inigo, Lucien, Auri, Caesia, Virelda, Serana, Vilja, etc.) and where I am when I need to get away from the kids, lol. The display hall is definitely my favorite, and it's convenient to have a bookseller there so you can attempt to fill it up (and for LOTD purposes =)). Skyrimlazz once answered that he was the most proud of Dragonfall Castle, but I have to disagree a little, as this place is absolute perfection and has a little more soul. I completely agree that it's hard to choose a favorite view. I have to stop fangirling someday, but today is not that day =P.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Lol - he really IS amazing though - with a very signature style so even when somewhere is COMPLETELY different (the Ayleid places for example) you just know they're by him. I love Dragonfall for the armour - which I'm STILL wearing lol:)

[@Synicizm]

@@FebrithDarkstar He really is, and his style reallly does shine through! I thoroughly enjoy Dragonfall too, and your Khajit looks very handsome in his Dragonfall armor!

[@antiquegeek]

I distinctly saw catapults. I had to have them! The 30,000 septims was daunting as I seem to have been heavily investing in real estate lately. After Feb's tour and my own experience with this creator I knew it was worth every coin. I said a fervent prayer to Spendarr (the god patron of adventurers grinding through the wasteland trying to raise money). Spendar was told by his parents that he could be a Divine just like his second cousin Stendarr if he would just learn to apply himself. He didn’t and so there you have it. He let himself go a little over the years and as as the girth of his statues grew he became known as Big Spendarr but despite the mean jabs he still keeps a good attitude and tries to help wring just a few more septims out of the junk desperate adventurers are trying to turn into cash. As I picked up yet another empty mead bottle to turn in for the recycle deposit I realized that Mod-Mora, the Daedric Prince of Infinite Lifetimes In The Pursuit Of Happiness is constantly at work tempting us with perpetual reincarnation. His motto- “There is no afterlife, just the next life with better stuff”, drives us to seek the ultimate cosmic do over. They both pulled through and I moved in last night. Now THIS is a castle! Lazz does such great work; especially at making large structures approachable and comfortable. The use of light, colour and texture is terrific and there are just enough green growing things and water accents to add life and peace exactly where needed. A big seller for me was that it feels like a castle that could actually serve the purpose. So many castles put on a good show but often butt up against an easily scale-able mountain or some such. Without good security at the back you leave your flanks exposed and nobody wants me doing that around here! There's also catapults, they shoot flaming balls out into the distance and I had many a manly adventurer Dragonborn chuckle doing so. I have had to reassign one of the guards who came stomping up to ask who was giggling like a total fool up there. Any guard who can’t tell the difference between a manly chuckle and a giggle cannot be trusted to hear danger as it approaches. All security personnel and staff not currently assigned to guarding the toilets assure me they know the difference and are sure they only heard manly chuckles from the catapult area. I trust their judgment.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

LMAO @ "Big Spendarr" - class :XD

[@tazd8950]

First home review i didnt feel like i was rushed... and im the one watching and have nothing to do. I subbed for you and your time. Thank you for a amazeing walk through. With no doubt i will watch all of your home reviews. Thank you for what you have acheived where others fail horribly.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Awww thanks Taz, what a lovely thing to say:)

[@tazd8950]

@@FebrithDarkstar you do a wonderful job. I have watched of 70 reviews on player houses and each and everyone was quick turn run talk fast and not really worth the time to watch. Just made me more confussed on why anyone would download the work of someone who took time to create the place. You have truely done the creator right. Thank you for all your vids. I have watched about 6 so far. Each one is a work of art itself you have done

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Thanks Taz - well I probably have a few hundred out there now so you are gonna be sooo sick of my voice LOL. Thanks for your kind words:)

[@sayuas4293]

Out of all his mods I think this one is my favorite, especially love the little undercroft pool area.

[@matteobonelli8442]

This is my favourite castle of this mod author! It's just so nice designed!

[@christophermills7693]

Mine too

[@OgLockpin]

"It's a big pile in a wonderful place", "rude people everywhere" I'm sure I'm missing something in translation or miss-heard but I had a good laugh at that. Love your descriptive manner. Nice camera work at the intro. Really enjoying your home tours.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Hey Robert, thanks - literally EVERYone is rude to Khajiit - they have no appreciation of how great we are!:) Glad you're enjoying the tours though:)

[@magnetsphere2872]

3 things: 1. It's weird without Inigo 2. Why don't you do initial fly-by of houses anymore 3. If I make a little spell mod that every 20 seconds drops 1 septim and puts a funny mask on any mannequins nearby, would you use it lol

[@FebrithDarkstar]

1. Right! 2. I still do if it's a big place - see Bran Castle for example. 3. I'd check itout but might not keep it :D

[@belgeode]

Me- hanging out on older Febrith videos because once agaaaaaiiiiin I am house hunting, and I need my "realtor's" advice on this potential new house. LOL. Seriously, I really should just STOP COLLECTING FOLLOWERS, then I would not need any more houses. Oyyyyy. But thank you, I have decided I want this one after all. Location near Morthal is good, I do not have any castles near there.... until now.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

\o/ yay! :D

[@WolfkinNorthclaw]

Really cool place, nicely decorated and full to, so no big empty spaces like a lot of castle mods. The Living quarters to, that is very, very nice, loved that. I would get this mod my self it's ace far as I see it.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Yes his mods are really something!

[@WolfkinNorthclaw]

@@FebrithDarkstar No doubts about that, not for a second.

[@christophermills7693]

5 out of 5 great swords. Skylazz's works are top notch. I stepped upon shadowstar after dragonfall. I love dragonfall, but this shadowstar topped it. certain AI mods will put the guards/wisp on patrol outside the castle. The guards can join you if you want. Wisp can join you, though I keep forgetting to take her Great location, defensible too. not a whole lot of mannequins either. ( too many mannequins drives me nuts, the loading resources they take upon loading...) nearest locations Morthal, Dragon bridge and solitude. My favorite castle mod in the game. thanks for reviewing it

[@FebrithDarkstar]

You're welcome Chris, I'm slowly working through the castles - Skystone coming soon-ish!

[@christophermills7693]

@@FebrithDarkstar Skystone... if memory serves, that one is not far from moonstone castle on the same mountain chain. Wasn't bad either.

[@alexhall6023]

So excited to see your take on this castle feb❤️ hope you’re having a great weekend

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Hey Alex:) Good thanks, and I hope you are too!

[@kiagra4637]

I play with Dragonfall currently, but I absolutely love the art of shadowstar. I may have to switch!

[@FebrithDarkstar]

They're both such good choices:)

[@donwild50]

A castle that the creator set out to make as close to an actual "castle" as possible. While real castles boast better plans for defense, compared to the other 'castles' in Skyrim, this has real merit. It's not perfect, but it's more than a stone wall and an iron fence. You would have to get serious to take this place. I congratulate the modder.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

His castle mods are always a treat:)

[@CREATURES59]

Like for seastone bluff : unusual location for playerhomes so it's a great one

[@gsinsights6265]

I love castles 🏰😃🏹 great vid keep. Up look forward to DL this mod!!

[@ikeharrison1]

Love all your vids thank you ❤️!!

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Morning Eric - and thanks:)

[@ZyliceLiddell]

Lovely, relaxing music. 😊

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@starfthegreat]

Do you plan on doing a ranking of your favourite player home mods?

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Well - I did a top 5 awesome tiny homes a while back. Then I started scribbling (yes I use pen and paper because I'm an auld fart) a list about a month ago of top 10 homes with no limits to size or anything else - that list is a MESS lol! I've got crossings out and re-numbering and additions and subtractions all over the place - it's haaaard! So maybe one day there'll be another video of this type:)

[@ajphil66]

I didn't get this one because I already had spiderwick in the vicinity.

[@crimsonhonda9974]

Is that a house/castle or an adventure of its own?!

[@ScorpiousDelectus]

If I was making a castle mod like this with armaments, I think I'd want a feature where enemies try to attack you in waves so you could actually use those catapults

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Definitely - That would be so cool!

[@scottychenoweth5281]

It would be a great castle for multiplayer

[@FebrithDarkstar]

For sure:)

[@stevenjlafountain7362]

I wonder wouldn't that be Battle Mages quarters as opposed to guards quarters?

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Sure why not?:)

[@TXL-]

I was like number 500 on this video lol there ya go. Also comment number 85 :) Awesome video

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Thank you!:)

[@ravent3016]

I'd buy just for the library. ;) It's very artfully designed. Magnificent, fit for a king or queen. High fantasy, magical place.

[@chiefdareef]

Excellent video. I'm going to check this mod out now. The music played at the beginning of the video, is that a soundtrack from another mod or this mod? If so which one if you don't mind me asking? Thank you for your great work on these videos.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Sure John the music is called Peaceful by Jeremy Soule and it's the soundtrack to Everquest Next (RIP) I have it here on my channel somewhere so if you want to listen to the whole thing then you can:)

[@chiefdareef]

Great thank you so much. I love these videos you make

[@FebrithDarkstar]

@@chiefdareef Thank you!:)

[@chiefdareef]

At 7:27 in the video on the tour. Is the music from in The background from oeaceful?

[@chiefdareef]

7:45 is better reference. Sorry I'm trying to see if it's possible to have this on my upcoming play through. Random question on my end. Lol

[@markbondurant6434]

I would spend all my time looking for where I put things.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Lol!:)

[@markroby6298]

Someone please port this to Bethesda, so us unworthy console players can own this beautiful castle

[@primalmercuryx5786]

Did tgey

[@primalmercuryx5786]

*They

[@CREATURES59]

Near of 9min this is what could REALLY be called a cooking pot.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

:XD

[@daniepwils]

Does anyone know the mod name? I’ve searched for Shadowstar but nothing comes up (I’m on Xbox One)

[@unhodin]

Any chance of looking at some other mods that arent just strictly player homes in the future? Holds the city overhaul mod recently r=released a HUUUGE update (basically remaking the mod from the ground up) and it revamps every major hold capital city to all be super unique and lore friendly. Would be cool to see your thoughts on it

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Hi Throren - absolutely. I've done a few random ones before now (shopping for your Dragonborn, Granny Weatherwax & Mustrum Ridcully etc spring to mind) and will be doing others - Sergio asked for the same thing the other day and I do pay attention. I'm going to need to start a new game for the Dragonborn Legacy V5 so will prolly install this one at the same time - could be a while though!

[@unhodin]

@@FebrithDarkstar awesome! Just figured you'd like Holds cause, well in the same veins as house mods, its adds loads of new architecture to the game! And seeing how you review houses, a city (which is really just a big group of houses) feels like a natural progression! And holds is so unique I feel like you'd appreciate it!

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Lol I'm sure I will - I LOVE the Winterhold Restored mod - I should definitely do more of those:)

[@unhodin]

@@FebrithDarkstar ya if you love Winterhold restored, you'll love Holds! Holds even has hidden mirror in Winterhold that lets you see what the city looked like before it was destroyed.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

@@unhodin Sounds intriguing - now I can't wait to see it lol

[@lordewen8894]

Can you do this review again please, there is a lot of distortion in your video. Thank you @Febrith

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Weird - no-one else has said that and I just played it and there was no distortion - so no! :D

[@lordewen8894]

@@FebrithDarkstar Hmm, may have been on my side, but this was the only one I've run into like this. I watch all of your reviews as you well know and enjoy everything you do. Thx

[@FebrithDarkstar]

@@lordewen8894 Thank you!:)

[@lordewen8894]

@@FebrithDarkstar And thank you as well. I was also wondering if you can tell me where you get the spells for casting Ivy and other plants that you you use on your homes and garden areas please?

[@FebrithDarkstar]

@@lordewen8894 www.mixwatermods.com/kriemen/ - right here - Khajiit Rito Kalshan is the one where you can cast the plants:)

[@justcalebdunn]

Respectfully asking in your videos can u tell us whether it's on console on PC pls

[@FebrithDarkstar]

My channel says right across the top "Skyrim Mods for PC" :D

[@justcalebdunn]

@@FebrithDarkstar thanx for showing me 😉

[@stianbirkholz]

I don't understand why none of the mods you showcase are aviable on the ps4.

[@FebrithDarkstar]

I'm a PC channel and don't have a PS4 so if any are available for PS4 then it's just pure luck I guess!:)

[@truehav0k]

We seriously need an Xbox port

[@michellemason222]

Does this castle auto sort ?

[@FebrithDarkstar]

No, I'm pretty sure none of his do

[@cgametheory1423]

You really are the Morrigan Febrith, why not let ai solve every possible problem in all Universes instead of fussing about. Relax and let every possible love story in the Universe in, at least that. We could all use a goblet of that.

[@detpak]

What is the music playing?

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Hey Randy that's actually the music from Everquest Next also by Jeremy Soule - the game may not have come about but I'm grateful for the wonderful music:)

[@detpak]

@@FebrithDarkstar Its a nice piece for videos.I didn't recognize it. Thanks

[@FebrithDarkstar]

He really does write the best video game music!

[@alphawolf0513]

I love it but there should be a mob where you can put rude workers in dungeon. Hate rude employees!

[@FebrithDarkstar]

The best thing about this particular mod author is that you can just disable the bally lot of them at the button in the bedroom \o/

[@hanovergreen4091]

I would support a mod to this house that made it a massively difficult dungeon. Great creation, but too big to live in or visit more than once. But a "resettable" dungeon would be perfect. Best Regards

[@FebrithDarkstar]

Fair enough!

[@yongyingler7472]

Hello, no offence but are you a male or a female?

[@markroby6298]

Female you dunce

[@kiagra4637]

Why does that matter lmao