Board Thread:Other TES Titles/@comment-67.171.74.199-20140717215229/@comment-29458028-20140723121409

Lol. I was planning our dear dragon Odahviing talk randomly about CHIM, dream arguments with a daedric princess born of the Magna Ge (as he calls Meridia) and breaking the fourth wall about how a strange dual code binds us all to the actions of Mundus (Binary code) as ref to me, but more of that crap another day.

I shall ressurect an age old idea from the previous thread as a Vampire VS Vigilants of Stendarr questline, in a big way.

You see, the vigilants got attacked way back in Skyrim, right? They got pretty pissed and scared simultaneously. Thus, they started training with flame magic, one handed and heavy armor (as well as restoration) to make sure they can combat the vampire threat (Eventually, they are way more powerful than the dawnguard and they absorbed the dawnguard, which is now the name of their elite corps, who use one handed, fire magic, crossbows and a diverse skill range). Thus, the current time Vigilants are a much more complex order, with Spellswords and Battlemages making up a bulk of their forces, with the occasional pyromancer (They will all use special Vigilant's armor set, Vigilant's sword/axe/mace) - this will be covered in a new lorebook called "Vigilants of Stendarr - The unbreaking Pheonix" or something along that line.

Time for thread pastiche:

So, as an adventurer, you will come across a village. It seems normal, until you realize everyone inside are vampires. The villagers are friendly and outgoing and they established their place as a sanctuary for vampires seeking to live away from the common populace so they do not have to urge to feed. They feed solely on bandits and other lowlifes, so nobody hates them. You are free to sleep in any inn, you can trade with any store and nobody will turn you, feed on you or otherwise affect you in any way. Yes, there are vampiric kids living there as well. Of course, they will offer you vampirism IF YOU ASK FIRST, but they will not suggest it. If you are already a vampire, they will mention it, but not make a fuss.

Once you leave, a Vigilant of Stendarr will walk up to you and tell you to leave, for his forces have surrounded the village and are ready to burn it up. You can choose either to help him, or go back and warn the vampires. Either way, there will be a fight and you must pick sides. Once you choose a side, the questlines open up.

Now, to characterise the vampires - there are nice ones and moderates that advocate peace, plus the bloodthirsty ones that seek an all out war with the Vigilants. In any case, eventually you will have to do a series of quests to destroy the Vigilants if you help the vampires.

To characterise the Vigilants - one of the elders will be shocked at what the vigilants did to the friendly vampires, but the vigilants are full of xenophobes as well. You will be forced to destroy the vampires in the end if you join them.

Both sides are full of grey areas, allowing one to explore morality. Sadly, I don't have the requisite stamina to speak of all the grey areas.