Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3573184-20130921215822

''Four years ago, in 2E 578, an arcane explosion of energy in the Imperial City set off mystical aftershocks that swept across Nirn. Mages died or went mad. Supernatural abominations from the plane of Oblivion, the Daedra, appeared in greater numbers than ever before. The constellation of the Serpent grew so large that it dominated the night sky.''

''So began the grand scheme of Molag Bal, Daedric Prince of domination and enslavement. His Dark Anchors, vortexes of evil magic, weaken the barrier between worlds, threatening to merge Nirn and Oblivion into a single, nightmarish hellscape.''

There is also one other thing to consider. The original Dawnguard was founded in the second era when the Jarl of riften's son contracted vamprisim. What if Harkon was that Jarl's son?