Skip Dragonborn's Gardener Of Men Quest, Save Storn Options

[SubRosa]

So, don't want to get Storn killed? Don't want to be Herma-Mora's bitch?

Still want to do the Dragonborn main quest?

Here is how to do it through the console.

;Copy everything below to a text file and place it in your Skyrim\Data folder.
;While playing, run it from the console by typing the following:
;Bat [Filename]
;It will skip over most of Gardener of Men by setting the quest stage.
;It will also echo all the text below in the game's console, for easy reading.

;This will skip past the parts of the Dragonborn main quest that require you to become Mora's slave
;and result in the death of Storn.
;Run this after unlocking the Black Book 'Epistolary Acumen', in Nchardak, but do not read it!

Setstage DLC2MQ05 1000

;Read the Black Book - Waking Dreams to travel to Apocrypha.
;or at the console type COC DLC2ApocryphaOrigin

;Use the console to teach yourself the final two words to Bend Will
;Player.TeachWord xx0179da
;Player.TeachWord xx0179db
;the value of xx depends on where the Dragonborn DLC is in your load order
Player.TeachWord 020179da
Player.TeachWord 020179db
;Use the console to give yourself 2 Dragon Souls
Player.ModAv DragonSouls 2
;Use the two new souls to unlock the final two words to Bend Will

;Fight your way through Apocryhpa. Reach the Word Wall for Dragon Aspect and learn it.
;The dragon Sahrotaar will arrive. Use Bend Will on him to fly to the final battle.
;Slay Miraak

;After the battle, return to the Skaal Village. Storn will be missing.
;Use the following console command to return Storn
;Player.PlaceAtMe xx017935
;again the value of xx depends on where the Dragonborn DLC is in your load order

;This leaves Neloth. You will find him still back at Nchardak with the Black Book 'Epistolary Acumen'.
;Go back to Neloth with the following console command:
;Coc DLC2Nchardak00
;select him, and then use the following command to remove him from the world:
;Disable
;Travel to Tel Mithryn with the following command:
;Coc DLC2TelMithryn
;Once inside his tower, restore Neloth to the game with the following command:
;Player.Placeatme xx01773A
;This should put him back in the game with him following his normal routines.
;again the value of xx depends on where the Dragonborn DLC is in your load order
;Don't respawn him outside his tower, as he seems to get stuck out there, and won't offer services.


;You can read the Black Book 'Epistolary Acumen' now, and it will take you to a series of levels in Apocryhpa.
;You cannot finish the levels since the quest Gardner of Men is completed. You will have to fast travel or COC back.
;You can still do all the other Black Books if you want.

[Lopov]

This, alongside the bat command you provided a few years back to disable the forced DB nonsense that kicks in as soon as you land on Solstheim, will be vital in my games for those that aren't Dragonborn or for those that are Dragonborn but want Storn alive.

Thanks!