User blog comment:Lab Coat Billy/Volkihar vs Dawnguard: A New War/@comment-5020188-20130801214157

Can Harkon really be blamed as a "Bad guy" when all he sought was for his people to walk the Earth again, even if it led to disastrous events he could not hope to prevent? Perhaps, but this must also be considered alongside the fact that it was all a lie, a fabrication, by Arch Curate Vythur. His creation of the prophecy is responsible to the warping Harkon's future, and the future of everyone he effected. Perhaps it is not Vampires as a whole who are to be tagged as evil and corrupt, but those who lead them. In Serana, we see how these powers can be used for good. Perhaps it is not the curse of Vampirism itself, but the people themselves, who are to be destroyed or stopped.

But are the Dawnguard truly noble either? No. Once again, a leader is, at least partially, responsible for the actions of the Dawnguard, who hunt and kill Vampires simply for Existing. How many good or innocent Vampires, who only wanted to be left alone in seclusion, have been slaughtered because of one man's biased veiw on the Vampiric race? A species as a whole cannot be judged on the actions of a few, or the deeds of many.

Neither are truly "Right" or justified in their actions. One group seeks the survival of its race through power and the destruction of the rest of the world, while the other seeks their extermination simply because it exists. How can one truly choose between them, when both are so morally "Grey"? The answer is, that you can't. Power corrupts, and both factions have the means to commit great Injustice upon the other. What they do with that Power is what makes the people who they are, and by their own veiwpoint, they are both in the right.

Excuse me for the long paragraph, but I felt I needed to get my point across in full. Thank you for your time.