Oblivion:Followers

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This is a list of all NPCs who at some point or another will follow you around and fight at your side. These NPCs follow you, rather than you following them. Thus, you may be able to use them as allies outside the quests they're supposed to be involved with; by equipping them you can increase their usefulness. Some of them are also essential, or will respawn, so you don't have to be careful about them getting killed while fighting at your side. On the other hand, allowing some of these NPCs to die while they are following you will prevent you from successfully completing that NPC's related quest.

Contents 1 Standard Followers 2 Other Followers 3 Equipping Followers 4 Notes

[edit] Standard Followers

Name	Quest(s)	Essential	Respawn
Adoring Fan	Appears after completing the Arena quests. He is not generally useful in combat because he runs.
Amusei	Lost Histories (He will stop following you as soon as you are away from the castle)
Baurus	Light the Dragonfires	*
Claude Maric	Secrets of the Ayleids
Dark Brotherhood Murderer	Available after completing the Dark Brotherhood quests. Only one of the three will follow you at a time.
Eldamil	Paradise
Erthor	Skingrad Recommendation
Francois Mottierre	The Assassinated Man. Quest will end if he dies and he will leave if you go into the Grey Mare in Chorrol.
Guilbert Jemane	Legacy Lost
Ilend Vonius	Breaking the Siege of Kvatch
Imperial Legion Archer	The Battle for Castle Kvatch
Imperial Legion Soldier x2	The Battle for Castle Kvatch
Jauffre	Light the Dragonfires	*
Jesan Rilian	The Battle for Castle Kvatch
Knight of the Nine	After completing the quests for the Knights of the Nine official mod, you can ask one Knight to follow you. If a named original Knight dies in your service, he will be replaced with a weaker generic "Knight of the Nine" who will respawn.
Mage Apprentice	Available after completing the Mages Guild quests
Maglir	Den of Thieves	*
Brother Martin	Find the Heir, Weynon Priory (He will also follow you during Light the Dragonfires, but he is no longer an essential NPC. And since the game is over if he dies, he is no longer a helpful follower)	*
Mazoga the Orc	Mazoga the Orc Knights of the White Stallion
Battlehorn Men-at-Arms	After completing the Battlehorn Castle quest, you can ask the men-at-arms to follow you.
Modryn Oreyn	Azani Blackheart	*
High Chancellor Ocato	Light the Dragonfires
Reynald Jemane	Legacy Lost
Lady Rogbut gra-Shurgak	The Noble's Daughter
S'razirr	Nothing You Can Possess
Captain Steffan	Light the Dragonfires
Ulrich Leland	Corruption and Conscience	*
Umbacano	Secrets of the Ayleids (Umbacano ceases to be essential when you meet him outside Nenalata, i.e., when he starts following you)	*
Velwyn Benirus	Where Spirits Have Lease	*
Viranus Donton	The Master's Son	*

*These characters are essential at some times, and not others.

[edit] Other Followers

These are people who may follow you during the listed quests, but they can not be used to help you with other quests or tasks, for the reasons provided in the table.

Name	Quest(s)	Essential	Respawn
Ajum-Kajin	Information Gathering (Ajum-Kajin is an enemy and must be protected in order to complete the quest)
Bremman Senyan	The Wayward Knight (Bremman will only follow you until he returns from the Oblivion world)
Burd	Bruma Gate (Burd only follows you while in Oblivion during the Bruma Gate quest)
Dar-Ma	A Shadow over Hackdirt (Dar-Ma will not reliably follow you, and if she dies you will not get any reward for this quest)
Farwil Indarys	The Wayward Knight (Farwil will only follow you until he returns from the Oblivion world; if he dies you will not get the full quest reward)
Harrow	Dagon Shrine (Harrow only follows you once you join the Mythic Dawn, and you must kill him to retrieve your loot and complete the quest)
Jirolin Doran	(unfinished, unnamed quest - not in game)
Orthe	Paradise (Orthe will only follow you during this quest in Paradise, so can not be usefully used outside of this quest)
Raven Camoran	The Path of Dawn, Paradise (Raven Camoran is an enemy, so he is not particularly useful as a follower)
Rona Benanius	Battlehorn Castle (Rona Benanius is a servant in the castle, and can be asked for food or drinks, or to follow you, she will not fight, and will randomly disappear, only to come back later)
Selene	An Unexpected Voyage (Selene will only follow you while you are on the ship itself, and since it is impossible to escape back to the Waterfront until you have escorted her to imprisonment, she cannot be exploited as an ally.)

[edit] Equipping Followers

One limitation of followers is that they generally have mediocre equipment. And since they never repair their equipment, it can become useless after a few fights. Most followers will pick up the best quality weapon available in the area when they start attacking, so all you need to do is drop a good weapon in front of them at the start of a fight.

You can add other items to your followers' inventory by reverse pickpocketing, but only if the item is zero weight. A few zero weight clothing items are available, and can be made more useful with enchantments. The best way to acquire armor, however, is by taking advantage of the permanent bound items glitch; a zero-weight version of any Bound Armor or weapon can be created this way. Enchant armor with effects like Fortify Attribute or Shield; add effects like Shock Damage or Absorb Health to a weapon. Your ally will automatically switch to the best quality item in their inventory, and will therefore equip your enchanted item (fast travel or entering a new dungeon zone may be necessary to force the change).

Notes:

• Giving your allies equipment with 100% Chameleon can greatly improve their survival rate. Make sure you have Detect Life available so that you can find your allies after they have donned your special equipment.
• PC users can use the additem console command to give their followers any piece of equipment.

[edit] Notes

• If you have eight followers and try to acquire a ninth, a message will pop up telling you "You have too many followers." This will continue to appear every so often, but won't make any difference, and more will continue to follow you. ^{[verification needed -- This needs more careful checking]}

• Maintaining a large entourage may cause problems in that followers can hit each other in combat and end up fighting one another. ^{[verification needed -- Can followers fight each other?]}