Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-11444045-20131024063543/@comment-24081142-20131109000525

Yeah, I meant that you could take over if you were a vampire, probably should have made that clearer!

As far as I know you cannot become Thane without killing Movarth - I tried it when I first got Skyrim, so it may have been changed by one of the expansions, but otherwise I don't think it can be done.