User blog comment:The king of war/The Beta/@comment-24.45.52.117-20120617230706/@comment-4772788-20120617231248

these are vampires, I don't know who complained about vampire DLC or dismissed it, because the only DLC I have dismissed as a possibility so far happens to be non existent, and the ali'kr rebellion seems logical due to what Kematu tells you (don't want to spoil any more of the quest.) it also seems that the Redguards would be a viable ally for both the imperials and the Stormcloaks (the redguards don't want to be in skyrim any more then they have to be (can't go into details without spoiling that questline).  And the redguards are a viable ally for the Stormcloaks because both redguards and Nords are human, hense would be able to be allies without too much prejudice against each other.  The Imperials would make viable allies as well due to the fact that the Redguards and Imperials allied would make a formidible army (imperial legion soldiers + redguard mages and light infantry.)