Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9062114-20150428153757/@comment-25409159-20150508235552

Zippertrain85 wrote:

First off, the whole Volkihar lore with Serana & Harkon. By far one of the lamest things Bethesda has written in lore has been this mess of a Dawnguard backstory, regardless of how much of it is true or not I still don't care for how it was written. My issues start with their age, no matter how old Serana is I've never cared for the idea that she was 4000+ years old! It is just far too much time for the Volkihar to have been wondering around in my opinion, it just makes every one else in comparison seem insignificant. Like, no matter how "old" they would want to portray something in Elder Scrolls canon if it's not older than Harkon's family it just doesn't look like much. Now I get some things can be really "ancient" to add to their "coolness", but why did it have to be the Dawnguard Vampires, no offense to people who like them but they really are some of the least serious and goofy bad guys in TES lore. In my opinion of course

Just going based off of actual playing through the Dawnguard quests, I actually like it. I like Serana, her messed up family, and most of the things we have to do with the Dawnguard. I like how the Dawnguard look, too. Sure, exact dates and times are debatable, but I understand why everyone is doing what they're doing and what I have to do to stop it (I'm not playing as Vampire). I've yet to do much with the Dragonborn DLC, but I'm not as interested in Miraak as I am Vampires and Homesteads (Hearthfire).