User blog comment:Zippertrain85/The reasons why Serana is not from the First Era./@comment-9156240-20130508234036/@comment-9156240-20130509010801


 * They don't need to know exactly what she looks like. Her mannerisms could have revealed her. Also, Harkon is the first one to greet her, so after she was greeted by name, all the other members of the court would know that she is, in fact, Serana. It is HIGHLY unlikely that they wouldn't know about Serana and Valerica, as Harkon OBVIOUSLY holds grudges against Valerica and would want to tell the rest of the court about what she did to him.


 * You're right, Solitude was not always the capital, but the point it that it has been the capital for a very long time, long enough to be fixed up. The Empire isn't that young, it has been around for a long time. Also, you're not seeing my point. They don't need to completely re-do Windhelm. Yes, they could stand to fix up a few of the buildings, but honestly, if they had the coin, they would have already done that. There is no need to completely redo the city.


 * You're right about the first vampire, my bad. I misinterpreted Serana's story. But the point is that he was one of the early pureblooded vampires. He became a vampire in the First Era,  and after he survived the ritual, he made Serana and Valerica go through it as well.


 * You skipped #4


 * How do you know they didn't know how to make stuff like that? They were ancient beings even before Serana was imprisoned there. They would have had plenty of time to study architecture. Also, your whole "too advanced to be Nordic" argument is not actually proving a point. The style isn't supposed to be Nordic. It's supposed to be advanced yet ancient technology. And I did not say people were "editing the area", I said the area could have once been some form of building or underground labriynth, and that the area around it could have deterioted over the thousands of years that Serana was hidden there. So, no, I don't think Harkon would have noticed.