User blog:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Follow up.

So in May I released two blogs about the Dawnguard DLC. One was about Harkon's ridiculous backstory, and the other was about Serana's age. Since I looked back at them I feel like I made some mistakes and they needed an update. Since these two arguments go hand in hand together I'm going to be addressing both of them in one blog.

Let's start with Harkon's backstory. In Danwguard if you choose the Vampire side Harkon will tell you a story about how he was a mighty king who land was said to be "vast and powerful", he then went on to say he sactificed thousands of people in order to become a Pure-Blooded Vampire. There are many holes in both of these statements. There are records of all kings in Skyrim, there has never been a reference to Harkon or his family in any of them. As a matter of fact, he couldn't have been High King other famlies have had the throne. That's how monarchies work. Also, if you believe Harkon was actually a king, then it contradicts the idea that he's from the First Era since Ysgramor's dynasty ruled all through that time. You could say he's a Jarl, but how on Earth would a Jarl have land be "vast and powerful" and weath be almost "limitless" the only person in Skyrim who could possibly fit this is the High King, which as I explained Harkon was not. Next, let talk about the supposed thousand sacrifices. Even if he was a High King, he still has the Jarl and Moots which have some power, he can't just do whatever he wants. And he would never get away with doing something like this. It makes even less sense if he was not a king, since how would an average citizen get away with killing a thousand people? He would've been cought realistically before he could get to 500 unless he's some mega-criminal genius.

Another thing I heard people say is that Harkon and his family are from the early First Era due to Serana not knowing what the Empire is. This theory is false for numerous reasons. The first is that the evidence for it can be explained in other ways beside her family being from the First Era. For example, in the Elder Scrolls Online there was no Empire in Cyrodiil. That's one of the big things about the game. Not to mention Molag Bal had a huge influence on Tamriel. That could explain how they were able to become Vampires and Serana not knowing what the Empire is. It doesn't seem like she could be that old, for example, she knows what the city of Solitude is despite that city having close connection with the Empire. If she supposedly was alive before the Empire existed than odds are Solitude didn't exist either.

Everyone is welcome to debate on these if you like, but this time please don't leave outrageously long comments on this, it gets really hard to read them when they are.