Alternatives for the Populus mod?

I've taken a long break from playing CE, and when I came back, I was disapponted to see many of the mods I've used either broken or officially discontinued. One of the abandoned ones is Populus.

Anyone know any mods that could be used to make your RP towns in PvE more interesting by posing thralls into doing emotes? The Populus mod used to be like that, but it hasn't been updated in ages and will break your game if you use it.