

Tip: All plugins are mods, but not all mods require plugins. I'll be going over all of the most important steps in this tutorial, but that tutorial will provide you with a little more information about what you're doing which will be helpful if this is your first plugin. Once the Creation Kit is installed, I encourage you to take a few minutes to go through the starter tutorial on the Creation Kit wiki. It's a free download and not very large so it won't take long to install. You can do that from the Tools section of the Steam Library. If you don't already have a copy of the Creation Kit, you'll want to download and install it now. Here's a screencap of my new follower in the Character Creation screen.

If you're fairly handy with the Creation Kit, you can skip the lengthy tutorial and just follow these simple steps. This tutorial is noob friendly, so I spend a lot of time talking about things that more experienced modders already know. It isn't hard, but if it's your first time using the editor, it does require a bit of reading so that you understand the decisions that you're making. You probably already have a few ideas for an interesting companion or spouse that better suits your play style and taste in this tutorial, I'll show you how to turn those ideas into a reality using the Creation Kit. You might even be holding off on getting married because you can't find an eligible male or female character to take as a husband or wife. The followers in Skyrim can be handy in a pinch, and make for great pack mules, but if you've put a few hundred hours into Skyrimyou're probably getting a little bored of the housecarls and hirelings. You too can learn how to create custom followers and marriage partners for "Skyrim". I love to explore the relationship between the fictional worlds we create for movies, books, games, etc.
