Hathran

Redguard - Dagger - Light - Spellsword - Support - Warrior

Background

Hathran, also lnown as the Witches of Rashemen, comprise an elite sisterhood of spellcasters who lead the region. In Rashemi society, hathrans occupy the place reserved for powerful priests in most other cultures. Hathran - meaning "learned Sister" - heal the sick and wounded and care for the souls of their followers.

Weapons

Hathrans have proficiency with a whip, which is not possible in Skyrim with just the AE content. A Nordic dagger is used unless you play with USSEP (Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch) where a Skyforge steel dagger can be used. A Skyforge steel dagger does the same damage as a Nordic dagger but weighs 2.5 instead of 3.5 but it can only be tempered with the patch installed.

Your cohort is armed with a Steel Battleaxe and ideally upgraded to a Skyforge Steel Battleaxe for 3 extra base damage.

Armor

Scaled Armor, Gauntlets and Boots. All of these items can be found on a dead adventurer by a small pond with multiple mudcrabs to the South East of Gjukar’s Monument Morokei is used as the Hathran Mask. If you play with the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (USSEP) then Morokei has the correct enchantment applied which still has the 100% magicka regeneration but in addition has another enchantment which reduces shout cooldown by 20%.

Your cohort wears a full set of Wolf Armor.

Spells

Illusion for basically all the spells as Hathran can both command enemies and fear them. Conjuration for Familiars in the early game and then Haunting Spirits and Tomb Guardians later on as they don't get absorbed by spell absorption. Restoration for heals for you and your male cohort.

Standing Stones

Any standing stone while levelling and the Atronach Stone once you have enchanted your gear.

Shrines

Use a Shrine of Talos for the 20% reduction to shout cooldowns.

Shouts

Character Creation

Female Redguard

Rashemen are a human culture and Redguards are the closest fit for this because they have dusky skin.

Ahtar is the only male Redguard that can join you as a follower so he’s your choice for the cohort. He’s skilled in Archery, Block and to a greater extent in Heavy Armor and Two-handed. Relative to perks taken.

Pick female as the sex for your character as there are more male humanoids than females to fight in Skyrim so the 10% damage bonus against the opposite sex from Agent of Dibella gets more use. All Dwemer Automatons count as Male.

Attribute Distribution

Place attribute points at 1/1/0. At level 58 which is required for all the perks the attributes are:

Perk Point Distribution

The skill boosts for Redguard are marked in bold.

Skills and Perks

Mage Skills

Warrior Skills

Rogue Skills

Spells

Alteration

Talk to the Steward in Dragonsreach to get the In The Shadows quest. Read the book in Arcadia's Cauldron and then when you have your gear enchanted go to Whiterun stables and the dead stablehand will have a detect life spellbook. Go back to the market and cast this for very fast Alteration levels.

Conjuration

Soul Trap is used to level Conjuration and also fill soul gems. Conjure Familiar only works for the early part of the game as with spell absoption it will get absorbed often.

Destruction

Destruction is not needed in this build at all.

Illusion

Courage can be used to level illusion.

Restoration

You can start using better healing spells as the cost reduction perks are acquired but I pretty much just used Healing and Fast Healing before getting enchanted gear.

Enchantments

The effects listed below are based upon 100 Enchanting skill, all the enchanting perks in the build and with a set of enchanted crafting gear. Read my guide on making crafting gear if you are not familiar with it.

With the Sallowed Regent Black Book the magnitude of all enchantments can be increased.

Please note that Black Books can only be used on Solstheim.

The magnitude of the enchantments can be further increased by equipping 4 pieces of Azhidal's gear.

Alchemy

Potion of Fortify Health

All of the ingredients can be found in or around Whiterun.

Potion of Fortify Carry Weight

Mora Tapinella are on the route from Helgen to Whiterun. There’s a lot of Scaly Pholiota to the south of Ivarstead and around Riften. Steel-Blue Entoloma are from Khajiit caravan merchants.

Potion of Fortify Enchanting

Dreugh Wax and Stoneflower Petals are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Snowberries are abundant near Windhelm.

Potion of Fortify Smithing

Dreugh Wax and Gold Kanet are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Glowing Mushrooms are in Falmer caves.

Farming

For more information on getting to and setting up your farm read my guide.

Main Area (27)

Side Area (11)

Planters (6)

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