📖 Tomes of Talos (TOT) – Modlist Overview

Tomes of Talos (TOT) is the fully SFW counterpart to JOJ, offering the same scale, polish, and depth without any adult content.

This list transforms Skyrim into a grand and immersive adventure, emphasizing exploration, narrative, and balanced progression across a beautifully enhanced world. Built directly on the foundation of JOJ, TOT preserves its visual fidelity, combat refinement, and expansive content while delivering a clean, lore-friendly experience.

TOT is designed to feel epic yet grounded, encouraging players to lose themselves in a cohesive and immersive journey where every system supports storytelling and discovery. Combat, visuals, and progression are carefully tuned to maintain harmony without excess or disruption.

Featuring complete visual overhauls, quest expansions, refined combat, and curated follower enhancements, TOT offers a polished and replayable experience for those who want the full Bordello scale in a fully SFW package.

🛡️ Choose Your Profile

TOT includes two profiles tailored to your system’s capabilities and gameplay preferences:

• Lord’s Vision – Multiple ENB presets, full graphics, and all features enabled
• Performance – Community Shaders, optimized visuals for smoother play on mid-tier PCs

🔮 Quests, Lore & Exploration

Explore ancient ruins, Daedric planes, and forgotten corners of Tamriel. TOT includes dozens of fully integrated quests that enrich the game’s narrative and world design:

• Legacy of the Dragonborn
• DAc0da
• Vigilant
• Glenmoril
• Unslaad
• The Forgotten City
• Project AHO
• Wyrmstooth
• The Tools of Kagrenac
• The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal
• Sirenroot
• Olenveld
• Moon and Star
• Legends of Aetherium
• Heart of the Reach
• Ascend
• Sleepwalking into a Nightmare
• …and many more

Each quest is patched and rebalanced to blend seamlessly into Skyrim’s world.

⚔️ Combat, Animations & Gameplay

• Elden Rim movesets via BFCO
• Optional Wolong movesets via in-game ring
• True directional movement, dodge rolling, and full stamina system
• Pandora animation framework for smooth, modern character motion
• Balanced for every playstyle: mage, rogue, battlemage, dual-wield, and more

🌄 Visuals, Atmosphere & World Overhaul

• Full city and world overhauls via JK’s Skyrim, Cities of the North, and The Great Cities
• Enhanced lighting and weather using Lux, Embers XD, Obsidian Weathers
• High-res textures, handpicked ENBs, dense forests, and region-specific terrain

🧙‍♂️ Armors, Magic & Loot

• A wide variety of armors and clothing — entirely SFW and lore-friendly
• All equipment is 3BA/HIMBO-compatible and dynamically distributed via SPID
• Expanded weapon selection: spears, halberds, katanas, javelins, and more
  • Comprehensive magic overhaul featuring Triumvirate, Darenii Spells, Mysticism, Apocalypse, Conduit, and Lost Grimoire

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 NPC & Follower Overhauls

• All named NPCs and followers have been visually enhanced with a custom EasyNPC merge
• Seamless integration with AI Overhaul, Follower Dialogue Expansion, and 3DNPC
• Balanced outfits, consistent visual tone, and no NSFW content
• Includes fully-voiced followers such as:

Remiel, Auri, Xelzaz, Lucien, Inigo, Hoth, Jesper, Taliesin, Gore, Caesia, Lyssia, M'rissi, Katana, Redcap, Thogra, Merlin, Khajiit Will Follow — and many more.

📘 For full details, see the SOS Follower Guide

💻 Performance & Requirements

TOT has strict requirements to ensure smooth performance and visual fidelity.

Required Software

• Skyrim Anniversary Edition (AE) – full version with all Creation Club content
• Skyrim Special Edition Creation Kit – must be installed via Steam on the same drive as Skyrim
• SSD required (HDDs will cause freezing/crashes)
• Pagefile must be set to at least 40GB

System Dependencies

• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
• .NET Framework
• .NET SDK – both .NET 8 and .NET 9

💾 Storage Required:
252GB download • 452GB installed • ~704GB total

🗣️ Language Note: Skyrim and Windows must be set to English

🛡️ Lord’s Vision Profile – Full Graphics / ENB

🛡️ Performance Profile – Optimized / Shader-Based

🛠️ Installation via Wabbajack

TOT installs using Wabbajack, the automated modlist installer.
No prior modding experience required — just follow the TOT Installation Guide.

🤝 Join the Community

Need help? Want to show off your build? Curious about upcoming patches or future forks?

Join The Modding Bordello Discord — feedback, memes, and chaos always welcome.

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