User blog:Zippertrain85/The reasons why Serana is not from the First Era.

So if you've played the Dawnguard DLC you've probably met Serana, the Vampire follower. One of the big mysteries of her is nobody really knows how old she is. Their has been a lot of talk about her being from the First Era due to not knowing what the Cyrodiilic Empire is. Well, I'm here to tell you the reasons why I don't think she is.

First: How would she know what Solitude is? Solitude I don't think is an old city, based off of it's design and connection to the Empire. You could give the argument that they modernized it, but why wouldn't they do that for other old cities, like Windhelm? It's probably not that easy to modernize a city to the extent that it doesn't even look old anymore. Which shows that it probably isn't from the First Era.

Second: She knows what Moth Priests are. Aren't Moth Priests created by the Empire? Even if they weren't, that would mean they could've been created in Skyrim. But no record exists that Moth Priests were created there, the only evidence we have is that the Empire created them. If Serana was truly from the First Era she wouldn't know what a Moth Priest is.

Third: If Serana is from the First Era she would be over 4,000 years old, since Vingalmo and everyone in the court knew who she was, they would also be 4,000+ years old as well. But Garan Marethi claims to only be 400. Garan always talks about being so old and above everyone else, yet he's only a fraction of their age? It doesn't make any sense. Yet another reason why her being from the First Era wouldn't make sense.

Fourth: The clothes she wears and Castle Volkihar it's self are very advanced for the First Era. So much so that it's unrealistic. People 4000 years ago probably didn't wear such fine clothes, or could make castle like that. Their architecture was not advanced enough. Also, in "Notes on Dimhallow Crypt" it said that where Serana was kept was made long after the crypt was built. So you're telling me that Dimhallow Crypt was from the Merethic Era, or very early First Era? Unless it was one of the oldest tombs in Skyrim, I don't think so.

Now let me get some things straight about the arguments that do support here being that old. The two arguments that would support that she's from the First Era are, her not knowing what the Cyrodiilic Empire is, and her commenting on how the she's surprised the Dwarves let their cities get run down. I honestly just have to say, these sound like writing errors. Anyway, these are the same people that wrote Harkon's ridiculous backstory, so writing errors aren't a new concept for them. Especially with the four reasons I gave above.

These are the reasons why I don't think she's from the First Era. There are just simply to many loose ends. If you disagree or agree with this blog, please feel free to comment.