Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5262726-20140701002504/@comment-5262726-20141021000157

Flamedude22 wrote: Any kind of roleplay background for your character?: Not the Dragonborn.

Other:  Marked for Death, Become Ethereal, Drain Vitality, Soul Tear, Summon Durnehviir 1. You gotta be Dragonborn. Sorry.

2. Why would you have shouts? I get that they're Dawnguard shouts, but they're still shouts. Plus you need the Dragon Elder Scroll to do the Dawnguard/Volkihar questline (if I remember correctly), which requires the main quest to be done to a certain point.