Follower Dialogue Expansion: Aela the Huntress 8.0

After a month of wait, here it finally arrives...

The biggest update to FDE Aela yet, including many new features and 470 new lines. As of 8.0, Aela has been expanded with 2129 lines.

• Tell Aela to turn into a werewolf during battle

• Approval system

• Dark Brotherhood storyline (not just reaction - she has a full storyline for the Dark Brotherhood)

• College of Winterhold commentary

• 12 banters with 7 followers

• Reaction to 8 followers

• "Forgiveness" system - try to win back Aela's favor after losing her trust

• Aela will leave or even fight you if you lose her grace forever

• Expanded "Ill Met By Moonlight" commentary

• More immersive commentaries

• More combat lines

• More "what's on your mind" lines

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8.0 already includes 1.0 - 7.0, so you only need to download this file.

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This mod is part of my series to renovate vanilla characters with additional depth and interaction, similar to the other Dialogue Expansion mods.

Features:

1. Expands Aela the Huntress with 2129 immersive, lore-friendly lines, all voiced by high quality AI (see the video for reference)

2. Quest awareness for the Companions questline, Dark Brotherhood questline, College of Winterhold questline, vanilla main quest, DLC main quest, all Daedric quests and many side quests
(Refer to this list for details)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Plt8XaDzvZADjeLU-UYVDTrrUsjGfVPMw8BLaLKBXqo/edit?usp=sharing

3. Many new story-driven interactions

4. Romance arc and new romantic lines if she is married

5. Tell Aela to turn into a werewolf during combat

6. Location-awareness, including cities and dungeons

7. Wake-up calls

8. Completely lore-friendly, expanding rather than completely rewriting the character

9. Immerse into your game world as a character who lives in it rather than taking over the show

This mod is 100% compatible with any mod, including dialogue expansion mods from other authors.

Safe to add or update mid-save.

There is a potential for future expansion with Aela, including optional synergy with the overarching Shezarrine Saga

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Update:

2025/6/9 - Aela will now transform into a werewolf during the final battle of Ill Met By Moonlight. Fixed a punctuation error in a wake-up call line.

2025/6/10 - Fixed Aela's werewolf behavior. The player will now actually whistle to tell Aela to transform. If the player is in a town, Aela will say no to transformation and the power cooldown will end immediately.

2025/6/15 - Fixed the commentary on the Companion twins curing lycanthropy. Fixed the romance not progressing.

2025/7/10 - Lowered the chance for Aela to say her exit combat lines to make them less repetitive.

2025/7/14 - Fixed various lines' approval status. Improved the player's lines in Aela's romance.

2025/7/20 - Fixed several lines in Lost to the Ages not triggering, and some "What's on your mind" not triggering.

2025/8/5 - Fixed the issue where Aela doesn't react to the followers who were added in 8.0.

2025/8/12 - Fixed the issue where Aela says the Dark Brotherhood line even when the player has destroyed the Dark Brotherhood.