An 8000 year old God's guide on how to take care of Nebarra! Hope you enjoy!

Snow White or even Lorkir has never travelled with Kaiden, Lucien, Auri, Inigo, or Gore. So she doesn't actually know what they are like, but this is a general guide so I included them for some follower fluff! Credit to Fridams Nebarra replacer, and BiR's Nebarra replacer for use of designs.

tagging @fujisakisan because I kind of used your interpretation of Nebarra for that one panel personality wise on page 6.

Xelzaz Version 1.12.0 - The Dawnguard Update is now live on Nexus and Bethesda.net! Featuring commentary for the entire main quest of Dawnguard, new interactions with followers, new unique model for Xelzaz's Mind of Madness 'reward', Xelzaz's new unique daggers and even a new food item! The update adds over 600 new lines of dialogue! Here are the patch notes:

Xelzaz Version 1.12.0 - The Dawnguard Update

NOTICE: Any characters that are in the process of, or that have completed the Volkihar questline will have Xelzaz abandon them after updating or installing the mod. This will happen even if Xelzaz hasn't been recruited yet, Xelzaz will simply continue on to High Rock on his lonesome. If you wish to have Xelzaz along for the Volkihar questline, please bring him along when you are joining the Vampire Clan for the first time.

This update features commentary for the main quest for the Dawnguard expansion! Other additions include bug and typo fixes, more conversations with Xelzaz, interactions with other followers and new surprise content for players that are able to find it!

Bug Fixes and Typos

Fixed some typos.

Removed disruptive conditions from some dialogues.

Added a 10 minute timer failsafe for Xelzaz finding Varona that ends the scene should he have gotten stuck.

Moved scripts checking for quest stages of Thogra and Lucifer's (Nebarra interactions) quests to a new player alias, to prevent potential script spam from the game thinking Xelzaz is constantly changing locations.

Tweaked the timer on the script forcefully equipping Xelzaz's Scarf should he be wearing his default armor, to prevent him from equipping it during fast travel.

Sinderion's Journal will now be cleared from the list of aliases attached to the Crimson Nirnroot quest, allowing it to be dropped once it is no longer relevant. (This will not work retroactively.)

Added a check that Xelzaz is following in order for him to be able to handover Roovi and the Propylon to Malborn during the Main Quest.

Additions

Added new greet lines.

Added new goodbye lines.

Added a new conversation about master spells at the College of Winterhold.

Added a new conversation relating to Master Sul after reaching 100+ Relationship and having been told a certain story.

Added new unique daggers (Kukri) for Xelzaz.

Added a new unique model for Xelzaz's Banquet Fork, which now may also be used as a weapon. (In saves that already has Xelzaz with the fork, simply leave it in his inventory and greet him until he says "Hm?" and it should swap it to the new model/weapon.)

Added a new food for Xelzaz to cook: "Lava Foot Soup".

Interactions

Added new interactions with Remiel.

Added new interactions with Redcap.

Added new interactions with Lucifer.

Added new interactions with Nebarra.

Added new interactions with Thogra.

Troubleshooting

Added a line on the Roovi debug dialogue script to tell the player if Xelzaz is in a scene or not. (Translators will likely need to update this script: BPUF_TIF_05F1A5E1)

Quest Commentary

Added commentary for the Dawnguard Main Quest line.

Added (more) commentary for 'Discerning the Transmundane'. [See changes further down.]

Changes

Disabled asking Xelzaz to cast Healing Hands on an injured player if they are a vampire.

Gave Xelzaz his own unique version of 'Reanimate Corpse' with conditions preventing him from raising animals. This should stop him from raising fearsome chickens for battle. It will unfortunately also mean that every creature that has the keyword 'animal' will not be raised by Xelzaz, such as trolls and bears. (On existing saves you will need to go toggle this spell back on.)

Added a check to prevent Argonian players from spamming Jel greetings when meeting Xelzaz for the first time for disposition.

Made Xelzaz's comment about being given Frost Resistance increase his disposition towards the player.

Revoiced some old lines.

Altered the journal entry for 'A Lawman's Ambition' to encourage players to spend more time with Xelzaz prior to bringing him to the Hammerfell Gate.

Removed commentary on getting the (Dragon) Elder Scroll from Main Quest commentary. It is now instead located in the commentary for the quest 'Discerning the Transmundane'.

Made it so the persuasion check at the Hammerfell Gate will always succeed if the player has Telvanni Bug Musk applied (in case people have patches nerfing it.)

Altered line about 'Altmer eugenics' to 'Altmer traditions'.

Added a line to the bleedout scrips preventing Xelzaz or the followers he interacts with to comment on each other going down if they are already in a scene. (This was done to prevent, for example, Xelzaz from crying out about Khash being injured way after combat has ended, due to already being in a scene while combat was happening.)

Upon death or when permanently dismissed, Xelzaz's tracker will now be removed from the quest log.

Misc.

Migrated some of the Main Quest commentary to Discerning the Transmundane commentary.

Added failsafes to Remiel-Xelzaz-Redcap Winking Skeever scene

Xelzaz's Saltrice Noodle Bowl's meshes and textures were modified in order to allow the bowl to be reused for more unique foods. Thus the noodles have a new mesh path. This means you must update the AE plugin if you are using it.

Xelzaz AE Plugin 1.12.0

Compatibility

Changed the mesh path for Xelzaz's Saltrice Noodles.

Added hunger and warmth effect to Xelzaz’s Lava Foot Soup.

Fixes

Imagine. Dagoth Ur returns. You already have two hunky mer companions. Nebarra, sexy magician sellsword clad in full elven armor head to toe, and Teldryn Sero, also sexy magician sellsword in full chitin.

[What the hell, Nerevar!! Moon and star!!!!!1!1!!!! I have abs too you know, and you can actually see them!!!!!! Have I not been loyal to you????!?!?!]

Dagoth is probably a "There can only be one." type of mer. The other two better watch their backs. He's a hair's breadth away from snapping and disposing of the... distractions... so that you can finally live happily ever after!!! Finally!!! After several thousand fucking years!!!

The three of them sit down in a tavern while you're off questing alone and get wasted because you decided to go without them. They still hate each other very equally but they're too in their feelings to do anything about it.

Long old husband wine discussions and arguments over which brandy is the best.

He's been around for several eras of course he has the most educated opinion *sniff*.

He can understand Teldryn Sero he's a fine dunmer specimen but what the hell is up with the golden prick Neverar??!?! Do you really miss the Chimer race so much that you'd settle for a far inferior mer??!?!

I use a translator, I apologize for possible mistakes.

Theoretically, Nebarra has encountered similar marvels of engineering within the Dwemer ruins, and they're usually hostile.

Cars are enemies. First instinct is to beat it until it's inoperable.

He would then be horrified to find that there were *people* inside. He'd probably try to bash the glass in to free them LMAO imagine a man in a full suit of armor sending his gauntlet through your windshield!!!

But wait, they're operable vehicles? A metal animal? Is it really just a moving room? He would so hijack and crash a car. If these idiots can do it, how hard can it be?

Nebarra hospital visit to the 'unqualified human healers who don't know what they're doing' arc?

Once he understands what he's looking at, he becomes a car enjoyer. Sunglasses and speeding. It's a lot to manage, but he learns quickly.

He doesn't have papers so he can't get a license. Nebarra pulled over for speeding and getting arrested for having no ID arc??? Nebarra having no incentive to listen to authority arc??? I DO WHAT I WANT sort of mer.

Cellphones. What strange devices indeed. Are they the creation of some Daedric Prince he doesn't know about? It would explain the hive mind they all seem to have.

He screams and flings your phone when he accidentally opens up the Google AI assistant. No wonder your people are so taken to their devices. It's actively sucking in their souls to feed its perverse power. No, no!! Get it away, get it away!!

...

As men tend to do, the air here reeks of something foul. He's so used to the stench of men, however, that he adjusts quickly. The cacophony of endless noise could drive a mer off the edge though and he's not keen on testing that theory.

He tends to keep away from areas that are noisy, but he has no problem in crowds. He's very happy to be swept away by all the new sights and sounds and could care less if you are separated because he can handle himself. Besides, you've been separated plenty of times before and he always finds his way back to you. Ah, wait, that came out wrong. He always returns to you- no, he will always find you again- no! He always knows you're not... far?

When you take his hand, he freezes.

The buildings are impressive. The blend of architectural styles is mildly counter-intuitive, there's a lack of cohesiveness in your civilization's building style, and though he can appreciate aesthetics, some of them are really quite ugly?? Oh well, this is farther than he could have expected men to get. Where are all the Mer? The Khajiit? The Argonians?

I use a translator, I apologize for possible mistakes.

Theoretically, Nebarra has encountered similar marvels of engineering within the Dwemer ruins, and they're usually hostile.

Cars are enemies. First instinct is to beat it until it's inoperable.

He would then be horrified to find that there were *people* inside. He'd probably try to bash the glass in to free them LMAO imagine a man in a full suit of armor sending his gauntlet through your windshield!!!

But wait, they're operable vehicles? A metal animal? Is it really just a moving room? He would so hijack and crash a car. If these idiots can do it, how hard can it be?

Nebarra hospital visit to the 'unqualified human healers who don't know what they're doing' arc?

Once he understands what he's looking at, he becomes a car enjoyer. Sunglasses and speeding. It's a lot to manage, but he learns quickly.

He doesn't have papers so he can't get a license. Nebarra pulled over for speeding and getting arrested for having no ID arc??? Nebarra having no incentive to listen to authority arc??? I DO WHAT I WANT sort of mer.

Cellphones. What strange devices indeed. Are they the creation of some Daedric Prince he doesn't know about? It would explain the hive mind they all seem to have.

He screams and flings your phone when he accidentally opens up the Google AI assistant. No wonder your people are so taken to their devices. It's actively sucking in their souls to feed its perverse power. No, no!! Get it away, get it away!!

...

As men tend to do, the air here reeks of something foul. He's so used to the stench of men, however, that he adjusts quickly. The cacophony of endless noise could drive a mer off the edge though and he's not keen on testing that theory.

He tends to keep away from areas that are noisy, but he has no problem in crowds. He's very happy to be swept away by all the new sights and sounds and could care less if you are separated because he can handle himself. Besides, you've been separated plenty of times before and he always finds his way back to you. Ah, wait, that came out wrong. He always returns to you- no, he will always find you again- no! He always knows you're not... far?

When you take his hand, he freezes.

The buildings are impressive. The blend of architectural styles is mildly counter-intuitive, there's a lack of cohesiveness in your civilization's building style, and though he can appreciate aesthetics, some of them are really quite ugly?? Oh well, this is farther than he could have expected men to get. Where are all the Mer? The Khajiit? The Argonians?

I need more Nebarra screenshots for things like this so if you can take 'em please send em my way LOL I just keep imagining Nebarra trying to order Horker meat from the mall food court like it's a marketplace that sells all kinds of exotic cuisine... specifically raw ingredients like cuts of meat. He picks a random stall and has been trying to barter with the guy working at Subway for the past fifteen minutes. Nebarra: "Can I borrow your... Amulet of Zenithar..?" "The merchants in Hammerfell used to swear by them." (Do you happen to have an amulet of Zenithar lying around? Not exactly. It's an 'oh right' moment, that you're not carrying your usual inventory.) The concept of fast food is completely foreign to him, so imagine the confused underpaid part-time fast-food manager (that the other guy called over) accepting his pure gold Septims for a random sandwich because they have no idea what he's asking for LOL!

Alternatively, Nebarra catches you staring at his face :p (fanfiction snippet below the gif!)

A/N: I painted a rough static image of Nebarra with no intentions to animate it but then I got to doodling expressions lol (it's a little lopsided but again I wasn't expecting to do anything with it, it was just for me originally)

For you who knows the joys of modern instruments...

Going to The Bards College and learning to play the lute, and through magic cheats or dedicated hard work you've somehow learned how to pluck notes in sequences that don't sound like absolute garbage. Only problem is that you sneak off to play your weird (what he assumes is experimental) music alone in the middle of the night. He usually can't be bothered to care enough to follow you, but this night is particularly cold and windy and you're recklessly aiming to freeze out there for your strange and, quite frankly, stupid proclivity. But... As awful as it is, when he finds you perched upon the edge of a cliff, wind tranquil to the point it tugs at your hair and makes you look as if you're floating, he's caught breathless. At least you're not just constantly singing Ragnar the Red. He still hates bards, but he can't find it within himself to hate you.