Harkon: I offer you immortality and incredible magic abilities, and you can stay in our cool secluded castle. Me: Yeah... The Dawnguard have armored huskies though...
Dawnguard was my favorite DLC for Skyrim. I understand why people LOVED Dragonborn but the vampire hunter, vale, snow eleven, and Serana were just so great imo
@Sky Dome Here's a hilarious thing I encountered after siding with volkihar clan: th-cam.com/video/c8VarqCAx9g/w-d-xo.html Dawnguard had a good idea , a misleading title and trailer and a bunch of nonsensical story choices.
Serana is such a bad follower. Especially in Nordic Ruins. She primarily uses frost magic (the weakest possible, as tonnes of enemies are resistant to frost) and vampiric drain, which is useless against undead. Also, as a vampire, her health can't regenerate in the sun. So unless you have the heal undead spells obtained from Castle Volkihar, she can be permanently downed in the sunlight. Celann ftw.
I have the reverse situation going on. One Vampire hunter character and more than half a dozen of vampire characters. Also have never stayed werewolf beyond the companions questline.
Vampires are some of the most cunning and dangerous prey, of which only the most skilled hunters can triumph. A poorly placed crossbow bolt, one short swing, a moment's hesitation could change who's the hunter and who is the prey. Such is the thrill of the Great Game, and we forever hunt IN PRAISE OF LORD HIRCINE!!!
A bunch of first era mercenaries just sitting around discussing how to deal with unemployment: “What do we do now?” “Hunt vampires?” Everyone: “Yeah, oaky.”
One thought that occurred to me while playing the DLC is that..... why aren't the Dawnguard aligned or affiliated with the Daedric Prince Meridia? Her and Azura are the only Daedric Princes who aren't evil and the former UTTERLY DESPISES Undead. Her sword also happens to be named "Dawnbreaker". A sword so named would be a fitting heirloom in the Dawnguard, to be passed down from Leader to Leader.
@@MrJordwalk A number of the Order are former Vigilants or Arkay Priests. Which tend to be highly anti-Daedra. Even for Daedra that aren't as bad as Meridia or Azura. I don't see them being aligned even if Meridia hates undead.
Joining the Dawnguard and then becoming a Vampire Lord after the questline feels somehow poetically parallel to the first incarnation of the faction, since they worked themselves out of the job and some became vampires themselves.
I find it quite ironic that the vampire hunters were so good at their job people started believing vampire’s weren’t a real threat and the dawnguard were a waste of resources
"The Jarl of Riften's son contracted Sanguinare Vampiris & so this fortress was built to keep him prisoner....." Why didn't they just give him a Cure Disease potion?! Works for me!
I always thought it was weird that fort dawnguard wasn’t turned into a military fort or a settlement, it was just untouched until a bunch of vampire hunters walk in and claim it
I used them in my paladin build. They’re pretty good against undead if you spec into restoration enough it makes for a fun build if you ever decide to give it a go
Serana is one of the best if not the best companion in the game. After what fallout 4 did with companions I'm looking forward to what interesting companions Elder Scrolls 6 will offer. Maybe some buff Redguard Mercenary who lost his family to the thalmor and actively seeks revenge, A spear and shield wilding Argonian Soldier with a mysterious past who is loyal to you because you hold his contract, Or a Orc necromancer who defected from his orcish traditions of dying early to battle and instead tries to achieve immortality through necromancy.
@@spikymarshmallow7611 I like that she reacts and has opinions even if she's complaining, but I can see how that can be a problem especially since she's like the only one who even reacts to the environment. Hopefully the next game has more variety
Loved how The Forgotten Vale song played in the background to this video. One of Jeremy’s best. Dawnguard was such a great chapter and such a great vampire story as well.
Fudgemuppet: it is unlikely that you'd find a crossbow in a vampires hand Me the vampire currently aiming a crossbow at a whiterun guards knee: you saying something?
@@mothman8300 Vanilla enchanted crossbows are actually only available on the Volkihar side after losing Dawnguard spies. Especially for RP purposes, not everyone is an enchanter.
I once tried out a sort of "Dawnguard Mage" build using Florentius's spells. Couple it with some cool armor mods and I had myself a pretty sick character.
I have a Battle-priestess of the Nine Divines and she uses the spells from Florentius in conjunction with a Hallowed War Axe and other Restoration Spells and she is an absolute BEAST
If you don’t want to use mods for armor you can just use the brown light dawnguard armor with an apprentice hood - it matches well and looks cool - that’s what my dawnguard mage wore because I didn’t feel like mod searching
I played a more heavy armour paladin but with a similar idea still I also doubled down and used dawnbreaker since it fit in with the undead based enchantment it has
Even when Role-playing a more evil character, I always side with the Dawnguard because it feels like bethesda out more time into them than the Volkihar.
The game already has fairly good unique weapons from other guilds. However, given the lack of _good_ unique jewelry, the Volkihar have the best rings in the game... Yes, I'm ignoring all smiths and enchanters when I say that.
Hey fudgemuppet. If you could, make a video similar to would it be worth it to be this daedric princes champion. Under the Skyrim time period, or which daedric princes champion would you most want to be in order???
Wish they’d add the original dawn guard in eso. They have a vampire expansion right now, perfect time to show the story of the jarls son before he turned.
I would have liked a quest that had you bring a warning of imminent attack on the Vigilants HQ, and your arrival with that warning triggered the attack. Then you'd be there for it. Or else, they could have it ongoing when you get near the area... like the giant attack when you approach Whiterun (to introduce you to the Companions).
Odd how I just last night messaged u about the sun spells and ur doing a video of the dawngaurd. I love this !!! May the gods bless u with many septims
Serana: "Dragonborn, thanks to your efforts in leading the Dawnguard and in purging vampires in every Hold, I am now the only vampire left in Skyrim... Wanna become a vampire and make babies?" Dragonborn: "Sure, why not" _And so does the cycle begin anew..._
@@Aethuviel they could not make children, no. Female vampires are known to be sterile. More particularly “pure blooded” female vampires because the process of becoming a daughter of cold harbor is particularly brutal and destroys their body and soul (due to them being tortured by molag bal himself) However non pure blooded male vampires can make children with non vampires creating Dhampirs or half vampires. The only well known one being the grey prince from oblivion.
Ohhh... the forgotten vale ost on the background.... i LOVE IT SO MUTCH IT BURNS.... no for real i know many ost aswell as songs i love but this is a real tearshedder
The more recent full play through I did, where I tried to complete everything possible, I took vampire route, so fighting the Dawnguard as a group that kep coming at me is familiar. But going Dawnguard could be very memorable, especially if you really lean into it, use their equipment, and train in restoration for their rare anti-undead spells. Their armour, axes, shields, crossbow and restoration spells are all cool.
I miss the feature that Vampires attack cities at night killing citizens. It was giving you the extra motivation to beat the dlc with the Dawnguard faction so the attacks would stopped. 😢
Yeah. I think people hated those attacks because too many NPCs would die in those attacks. It was frustrating losing shopkeepers, especially. However, without the city attacks, the vampire "crisis" hardly seems like a crisis at all. There isn't any urgency and most of the time when approached by the Dawnguard, my character hasn't even encountered any vampires yet at all.
Actually, the attacks would continue even after you complete the Dawnguard questline, it just happened less frequently. On the other hand, siding with the Volkihar stopped the attacks completely. Just thought I should point it out....
@@sahidmerced2542 I haven't had an attack by vampires IN a city in so at least 2 playthroughs. A Google search verifies that a LOT of other people haven't either. Some think it is a bug or feature that occurred about the time Bethesda started forcing creation club updates. Seems to occur to people playing SE, I don't know about Oldrim.
Soooo question about the Altmer. How DO they age? Do they age slower then humans? Like they stay a child much longer then the humans. Or do they slow down the aging at a certain age?
I’ve always had the same question😂 like I don’t think it’s ever been explained. Are they like 1 years for like 5 years and so on? Or do they age normally until adulthood then slow down?
I love the Dawnguard dlc it’s my favourite the characters, weapons and armour are all very interesting. I would always choose to join the dawnguard and hunt the vampire menace with my undead dragon Durnehviir 🐉 and enchanted rune war axe. ☀️
I usually play as a Dawnguard Werewolf but then turn into a Vampire Lord so I can traverse into the Soul Cairn and then I turn back to a Werewolf so that I can rejoin the Dawnguard and fight Harkon. They shoulda made it possible to marry Serana without mods. She is too like-able to just give us little teases like that. Frickin Bethesda 🤦♂️
Idk how she's likable. She is impossible to please. Always complaining. It's either too cold or too hot, too dark or too sunny. She can't even decide whether she prefers being in a cave or out in the wilderness. She's just bipolar.
@@samuraijaco1 ok thanks because I mostly play a sneak vampire hunter. It's fun seeing vampires run around scared knowing that they are being picked off 1 by 1.
How in the world did the jarl of a fairly small fishing town (I believe this was before the Black Briars) have enough money to build a castle the size of the current city?
(1) Riften was once much larger, as we saw in *ESO.* I believe they had to reconstruct and bring in their walls in the aftermath of the rampage of the Ghost of Sinmur. (2) The size of the province and its settlements in-game versus in-lore are not consistent. It's just a matter of game design limitations. In lore, Riften is a much larger city, just as Skyrim would be a much larger region.
@@bigode9743 yes!!! That's my current build and I wasnt sure how I wanted to play it fully with factions. I went with a mod that adds poison destruction magic, light armour, sneak and 1 handed (mirakk sword) with those spiders as well but not really used much but a remastered version would make it so much better and use things I never thought of using
@@conjonsilver_ Fire! I'm currently playing this build too haha. I downloaded Throwable Weapons because I wanted to make an alchemist character that was able to lob bombs and potions, without the need for the spiders (they would come later ;)). What i wanted to do with this build was to create a character that inscreasingly studied nature's properties, to the point he/she started to dable in alteration to figure out what is it that nature and reality has to offer. For roleplay i downloaded Heljarcheen farm to have a place where i could learn a bit of alchemy on my own so that then i could go to the College to gain better insight on plants and such (there is a great overhaul to the college that adds all sorts of neat gardens, and relics that let you really feel like alchemy is appreciated over there). Now, i'm currently wondering the land in search of new wild life. Some day i might stumble onto Solstheim and start to research what is it that enables these spiders to harness the powers of the elements :). But factions are really tricky! I got stuck after the college because i didn't want a thief or anything. I really don't know how to press on hahaha. I guess we need wait for the Remastered Toxicologist, my friend
@@bigode9743 yep I'm on ps4 so mods are pretty limited but I have done side quests and dragonborn dlc (even if it doenst really make much sense) but I wanted miraaks sword. Hopefully some come out soon
@@conjonsilver_ I too want that sword! I'm trying to imagine ways that i could incorporate it into my playthrough... Corrupted nature maybe, idk hahahah. Anyways, i wish the very best, friend
You do realise that all of the dawn guard sans the dragonborn is made up of mortal men. Man what is up with these snooty replies that people leave on other people's comments,makes me want to punch their faces in.
I remember a play through I did once before dawnguard. A mad khajiit vampire. He had a hatred for vampires and would hunt them down. He never quite grasped he was one himself. But any he came across fell to his volley of spells. Spells that summoned and launched flaming wheels of goat cheese. Yes he was a worshipper of sheggorath, the skooma cat. The madness came when moon sugar stopped working for him, and then skooma.
Best questline ever. Dawnguard is love, Dawnguard is life. It has Cool-ass tilesets, Crossbows, Serana, Good level design, Killing vampires, Sun magic, Serana, Cool armor, Florentius Baenius (the best TES character ever), and Serana.
Timely finding this video today. I'm playing through Dawnguard again now. I just gathered all the ingredients to open the soul cairn. There are a lot of creepy places in Skyrim. But, that soul cairn just sucks the life and breath right out of me. I hate to go down that rabbit hole but there's nothing for it. Gotta go! Thanks for the video!
Two members of the Dawnguard Luke and Beau, are prevented from crossing a bridge by a pair of Vampires. Luke - Don't just stand there, show that monster your Crossbow! Beau (Angrily) - GET OFF THE ROAD YOU TOOTHY GITS! Luke - I said your crossbow... not that you're cross, Beau... Some nights I wonder who's side you are on...
To be perfectly honest I enjoy the build that joined the Volkihar clan more. Harkon has a kind of Palatine charm and sometimes it's fun being his Vader. The badass right hand who keeps order wiping out lesser clans and assassinating dawnguard agents. Damn it's fun being evil in these games
@@msharmall7298 if you talk with Serana at one point instead of, "does it bother you that we're working against your father" you'll ask if she has a problem working with him, and she breaks down the rule of two. Since we we're in the halls of Volkihar when this happened it felt like Game of Thrones powergrab scheming.
@@gizmoduck4292 LOL I know right. It's that sort of thing that makes me want to choose Vokihar again even though I've never done a proper Dawnguard playthru. Gotta do Dawnguard this time though :/
@@gizmoduck4292 Yeah, I thought that was weird. Hates vampires and such, but is totally okay with another murderous prince's spawn? Seems a little biased lol
I side with the Dawnguard with my legionarie character and with the vampires with my necromancer (even if i heal myself later to do the undeath mod) but one of my biggest moral dilemmas is that why the Dawnguard are obviously good guys, there is the risk for them to becom zealots and terrorize peoole in their "hunt against evil"
Jacopo Mazzo if you’re a good vampire, they still will hunt you down for “the crime of vampirism.” You don’t even need to hurt anyone, just having the disease is enough for them to want to brutally kill you. There’s no grey area with them.
CeriseArt Yeah thats what worries me about them, there are a lot of good vampires like Serana, Sybille Stentor or even Janus Hassildor, who's a count in oblivion and still a fair ruler. Obviously the Dawnguard are the best protection against evil vampires in Skyrim, but Isran is not a very good person and is basically a zealot -not surprising since he was a vigilant of stendarr- and I don't want the Dawnguard to gain too much decisional power and start some state police shit. Best thing would be if Isran was replaced by a moderate leader
@@jacopomazzo4949 It's pretty hilarious that the only reason you have to do Gunmar's and Sorine's favor quests (unless you have good persuasion skills) is because both of them know that Isran is such an asshole that they would only work with him under the most extenuating circumstances.
I really hope that another monster hunter guild makes it to TES 6 but with even more cool gadgets and weapons to use. This portion of skyrim was my absolute favorite.
i love the stories you tell i hope you make more but it would be a lot more interesting if you do a play through of what you are talking like letting a npc say it and we aren't just looking at pictures js
I feel gameplay wise, dragonborn had more to offer but storywise I really liked all the effort behind dawnguard. Was just bummed the vampire faction was kinda...idk dry? (Pun intended) would have liked to see more impact, more personalities, more brutal vampire methods. Not, "hey....go fill up this cup homie"
Hmmmmmmn I wonder if I will ultimately be punished for my heracy against my kind since I normally creat an ancient vampire and enlist to hunt my kind down...and Isran never suspects that a night walker roams the halls of Fort Dawnguard....
When I was first playing through the dlc back then, I thought there would be severe consequences if you go too far into the quest line. Cities being attacked gets annoying over time in my opinion. However, what if the vampire coven in Morthal had conquered the city once you reach a certain point in the dlc? This would only happen if you did not finish the quest involving said coven beforehand. Gives off that feeling of dread or a bit of confusion about the situation. Then come to realize what had transpired.
A band of outcast mercenaries turned vampire hunters have a more impressive fort than all the Jarls' homes combined (cept for windhelm) ... that's just sad. Who else here has never been to the Vigilant base before it was burned?
Ik I'm late but they should have put more effort into the dawnguard like better designs in the castle and actual training grounds were they can fight and practice shooting crossbows etc I feel like they wasted so much potential on the order
eh, i'd rather the dragonborn side with the vampires. that would mean that we have another surviving main protagonist out there somewhere in future games. Like the nereverine. it would also mean that the dragons had a permanent guard against them. it could even open up the possibility of the blades rising again as vampires, or at least having it's most elite members offered the chance to become a vampire and fight dragons forever. Honestly, if the dragonborn is immortal, it effectively means that the world will never end. Alduin can never succeed against him and that means his title of "world eater" becomes just that, an empty title. You also brought up that if the dawnstar ending was canonical that serana might seek a cure for herself. clearly, that's never going to happen. She says that herself. She has no interest in finding a cure because she does view vampirism as a disease, rather it's something that she worked very hard for and went through a lot to achieve. so, another perk of siding with the vampires is the possible hookup with her, since she is pretty hot and technically a princess. really hard to beat that.
After the vaquishing of the Vampires it's be interesting if you could grow your army and eventually have them as a third faction in the civil war. For people who hate the Empire AND the Stormcloaks
Using vampirism as a way to run a pure good dragon born who interprets the phrase “last Dragonborn literally”. If Alduin is to return, he will be there to meet him, not letting his quarrel use time to escape
Harkon: I offer you immortality and incredible magic abilities, and you can stay in our cool secluded castle.
Me: Yeah... The Dawnguard have armored huskies though...
ARMORED PUPPY BOIS
AND, cool looking armor, armored battle trolls, crossbows which are fantastic, a huge fort almost as big as a castle, etc.
Lame!!!!
your vampire castle is nasty asf hire a janitor or some shit
@@TheTriangle444 😆🤣🤣😂😂 I'ts grossly unsanitary
Heard they're reforming the Dawnguard. Vampire hunters or something. Might consider joining it for myself
I can hear this
I heard this in that voice.😒
I get this more than I do the arrow in the knee line
S T A R T E D: D A W N G U A R D
concerned vigiliant quest line players
Dawnguard was my favorite DLC for Skyrim. I understand why people LOVED Dragonborn but the vampire hunter, vale, snow eleven, and Serana were just so great imo
I didn't like the fact that the storyline was basically serana and her family drama being shoved down the player's throat.
@Bringer of Death have u played the DLC? *Spoiler*
U do that in the last mission
Bringer of Death You do that at the end of the DLC
@Sky Dome
Here's a hilarious thing I encountered after siding with volkihar clan:
th-cam.com/video/c8VarqCAx9g/w-d-xo.html
Dawnguard had a good idea , a misleading title and trailer and a bunch of nonsensical story choices.
Serana is such a bad follower. Especially in Nordic Ruins. She primarily uses frost magic (the weakest possible, as tonnes of enemies are resistant to frost) and vampiric drain, which is useless against undead. Also, as a vampire, her health can't regenerate in the sun. So unless you have the heal undead spells obtained from Castle Volkihar, she can be permanently downed in the sunlight. Celann ftw.
playing a dawnguard werewolf has been a dream come true for me. i have 1 vampirelord character and about 7 dawnguard werewolves.
I have the reverse situation going on. One Vampire hunter character and more than half a dozen of vampire characters. Also have never stayed werewolf beyond the companions questline.
Apparently warewolfs are welcome or they don't know
@@supernova582
They don't , can't know.
Vampires are some of the most cunning and dangerous prey, of which only the most skilled hunters can triumph. A poorly placed crossbow bolt, one short swing, a moment's hesitation could change who's the hunter and who is the prey.
Such is the thrill of the Great Game, and we forever hunt IN PRAISE OF LORD HIRCINE!!!
Void Walker never can they know !
A bunch of first era mercenaries just sitting around discussing how to deal with unemployment:
“What do we do now?”
“Hunt vampires?”
Everyone: “Yeah, oaky.”
I think that the dawnguard should be a guild in the next elder scrolls because wouldn’t they try to expand past skyrim
There is a lot of money on vampire ashes
I agree, being a vampire hunter is a must in any rpg set in medieval fantasy
Yes, instead of a bard's college.
I want the silver hand, vigilant of stendaar and dawngaurd to join forces but keep to their respective roles
@Ming Li, Han Chinese nationalist, 143 IQ
To be fair, the silver hands are just a bunch of bandits that like to kill werewolves.
The dawnguard are my kind of people.
I guess we're at odds then sir
One thought that occurred to me while playing the DLC is that..... why aren't the Dawnguard aligned or affiliated with the Daedric Prince Meridia? Her and Azura are the only Daedric Princes who aren't evil and the former UTTERLY DESPISES Undead. Her sword also happens to be named "Dawnbreaker". A sword so named would be a fitting heirloom in the Dawnguard, to be passed down from Leader to Leader.
@@MrJordwalk A number of the Order are former Vigilants or Arkay Priests. Which tend to be highly anti-Daedra. Even for Daedra that aren't as bad as Meridia or Azura. I don't see them being aligned even if Meridia hates undead.
@@SultanFilm
It was the fact that Isran can come around to Serana, a Vampire, and allow her to "join" the Dawnguard, that made me wonder.
@@MrJordwalk bro your so fucking right how come I never thought of this 🤔
Joining the Dawnguard and then becoming a Vampire Lord after the questline feels somehow poetically parallel to the first incarnation of the faction, since they worked themselves out of the job and some became vampires themselves.
I find it quite ironic that the vampire hunters were so good at their job people started believing vampire’s weren’t a real threat and the dawnguard were a waste of resources
I love the Dawngaurd, their heavy armor is easily my favorite looking armor in the entire game.
"The Jarl of Riften's son contracted Sanguinare Vampiris & so this fortress was built to keep him prisoner....."
Why didn't they just give him a Cure Disease potion?! Works for me!
Uh after awhile you can't use a cure disease potion.
Or go visit a shrine? There is a Temple to Mara inside the city. That's what I usually do, the few times I'm not playing as a werewolf.
I guess they didn’t have those back then
@@MrJH101 Potentially true!
@Goth Jesus
That doesn't hold up lorewise, as priests of Arkay have always been able to cure afflictions, though not always willing.
I am still disappointed that you cannot join the Vigilants of Stendarr. They and the Forsworn were always the most interesting to me.
@Zachary Durocher The silver hand should have had unique armor like the dawnguard. Stupid that they look like your average bandit
@@expiredcoffee7991 That's the point. Most "Hunter" organizations are just discriminatory bandits.
There are some great mods that expand on this. You can definitely get that immersion
Vigilant. Play vigilant. It's epic.
I used to be a vampire hunter like you, then I took teeth in the neck.
I feel different
Used to be a vampire hunter like you, then I took vampire succubus to the bed.
whats that? Vampire you say?!
Oddgeir *fang
Ghost 52K
I don’t feel well, Mr. Stark.
Excited for the 750000 daily videos between now and Elder scrolls 6s release
I wish I can pre-order the game, so my grand son can play it in the memory of me.
@@Theodosius18 It'll be in my will that they finally release it
I always thought it was weird that fort dawnguard wasn’t turned into a military fort or a settlement, it was just untouched until a bunch of vampire hunters walk in and claim it
Because plot
It would be cool if you could see it from somewhere in the base game as a teaser tho
Well, it is secluded. And it doesn't have a bandit presence. Makes sense the secret fort built to house 1 vampire child, and a slew of mercs.
I never knew about the special spells that you can get from the Dawnguard. Skyrim is such a huge game, every time I play, I learn something new.
I used them in my paladin build. They’re pretty good against undead if you spec into restoration enough it makes for a fun build if you ever decide to give it a go
Heard they're reforming the Dawnguard. Vampire hunters or something... in the old fort near Riften. Might consider joining up myself.
Rafee Malik don’t let the winter hold guard hear you say that.
Serana is one of the best if not the best companion in the game. After what fallout 4 did with companions I'm looking forward to what interesting companions Elder Scrolls 6 will offer.
Maybe some buff Redguard Mercenary who lost his family to the thalmor and actively seeks revenge, A spear and shield wilding Argonian Soldier with a mysterious past who is loyal to you because you hold his contract, Or a Orc necromancer who defected from his orcish traditions of dying early to battle and instead tries to achieve immortality through necromancy.
She is really cool, but I don't like how she is pretty much always complaining when you're exploring the vast landscape...
@@spikymarshmallow7611 I like that she reacts and has opinions even if she's complaining, but I can see how that can be a problem especially since she's like the only one who even reacts to the environment. Hopefully the next game has more variety
I want companions like Inigo, that you can interact with while hanging out in a tavern or just plain relaxing
In terms of dialogue yes, in terms of everything else (in my opinion) no.
@@AdamA03 sorry could you explain a little. As in less variety in what areas?
JESUS CHRIST Scott i literally just got into bed, y u do dis?! Great vid btw, can’t resist watching.
"Be on your guard at all times. Avoid sleep when you can... Sleep is for the weak." -Isran
@@spikymarshmallow7611 we won't ever rest, till we're all fucking dead
Just watch in your bed💁💆
Loved how The Forgotten Vale song played in the background to this video. One of Jeremy’s best. Dawnguard was such a great chapter and such a great vampire story as well.
Fudgemuppet: it is unlikely that you'd find a crossbow in a vampires hand
Me the vampire currently aiming a crossbow at a whiterun guards knee: you saying something?
Better be a Dwarven Variant... shits OP
Paradisio84 Yea especially the fact that it ignores 50% of all armor
@@__KXNG__ and with the enchanted bolts..
@@mothman8300 Vanilla enchanted crossbows are actually only available on the Volkihar side after losing Dawnguard spies. Especially for RP purposes, not everyone is an enchanter.
I always join the Dawnguards because I refuse to kill huskies!!!!!!
I once tried out a sort of "Dawnguard Mage" build using Florentius's spells. Couple it with some cool armor mods and I had myself a pretty sick character.
I have a Battle-priestess of the Nine Divines and she uses the spells from Florentius in conjunction with a Hallowed War Axe and other Restoration Spells and she is an absolute BEAST
If you don’t want to use mods for armor you can just use the brown light dawnguard armor with an apprentice hood - it matches well and looks cool - that’s what my dawnguard mage wore because I didn’t feel like mod searching
I played a more heavy armour paladin but with a similar idea still I also doubled down and used dawnbreaker since it fit in with the undead based enchantment it has
You guys are awesome with daily content, this can't be easy to do... Thanks guys, I know I sound like a broken record!
I love the fact that you guys post a video nearly everyday. They are so well produced.
I hope they have something similar in ES6.. I love killing me some vampires.
Vampires have been in every game. I'm hoping if es6 is in hammerfell and high rock we get were boar
And also armored puppies
Even when Role-playing a more evil character, I always side with the Dawnguard because it feels like bethesda out more time into them than the Volkihar.
The game already has fairly good unique weapons from other guilds. However, given the lack of _good_ unique jewelry, the Volkihar have the best rings in the game... Yes, I'm ignoring all smiths and enchanters when I say that.
I think the cannon would be that the dragon born sides with the dawngaurd. It just makes the most sence
Werewolf Dawnguard howl with me!
The thrill of the hunt my Moon-siblings!
Awwoooo!
Ow ow awooooooo
I love your videos so much! Keep up the good work 😁!
Wow how you guys find the time to dig up this lore and put out such detail vids for us is Amazing thanks again guyz. Peace out
Tron Tron wiki page....
Hey fudgemuppet. If you could, make a video similar to would it be worth it to be this daedric princes champion. Under the Skyrim time period, or which daedric princes champion would you most want to be in order???
Another 'Is it worth it?' Video! :D
Im just gonna give up on skooma and asking to do lore about au-riel bow or the snow elf.
They have one a video on that mainly the elf
Is it weird that I practice my bass to these videos? I find it really fun
Wish they’d add the original dawn guard in eso. They have a vampire expansion right now, perfect time to show the story of the jarls son before he turned.
Always bums me out when the Vigilants HQ gets destroyed 10 minutes after I first hear mention of the Dawnguard.
I would have liked a quest that had you bring a warning of imminent attack on the Vigilants HQ, and your arrival with that warning triggered the attack. Then you'd be there for it. Or else, they could have it ongoing when you get near the area... like the giant attack when you approach Whiterun (to introduce you to the Companions).
Diane IsMyName Ooo, call the mission “Their Vigil Has Ended” or something. Great idea!
@@jlshel42 thanks! :)
Y'all some big brain gaymers
There is a mod that will delay the Dawnguard dlc trigger
Can you make a video on the moth priests
Lewis Bi pretty positive they already did
I don't think he has
Odd how I just last night messaged u about the sun spells and ur doing a video of the dawngaurd. I love this !!! May the gods bless u with many septims
I knew it would come to this one day. That FudgeMuppet would return to make a Dawnguard video. I knew, and no one believed
Thank you for making this Video. In my playthroughs i always side with the Dawnguard. I always liked the faction, plus the armor is nice looking
Serana: "Dragonborn, thanks to your efforts in leading the Dawnguard and in purging vampires in every Hold, I am now the only vampire left in Skyrim... Wanna become a vampire and make babies?"
Dragonborn: "Sure, why not"
_And so does the cycle begin anew..._
Can they even make babies? Technically, they're dead.
I would do the same if I were in the Dragonborn’s place, Serana is just too irresistible
@@Aethuviel They can't. Vampire females in tes can't have children for the obvious reason.
@@Aethuviel they could not make children, no. Female vampires are known to be sterile. More particularly “pure blooded” female vampires because the process of becoming a daughter of cold harbor is particularly brutal and destroys their body and soul (due to them being tortured by molag bal himself) However non pure blooded male vampires can make children with non vampires creating Dhampirs or half vampires. The only well known one being the grey prince from oblivion.
Plot twist: Serana is actually the one running the show. She’s Harkkon and Valericas mother who got sealed away by her children.
Harkon:
accept my gift and you will be given powers beyond mortality
Me in literally every game:
I just wanted fangs............
Ben Skyrim!!! You can’t forget those eyes tho !!
Ohhh... the forgotten vale ost on the background.... i LOVE IT SO MUTCH IT BURNS.... no for real i know many ost aswell as songs i love but this is a real tearshedder
Anyone else notice that the dawnguard is the only joinable guild where you don't become the leader by the end?
The more recent full play through I did, where I tried to complete everything possible, I took vampire route, so fighting the Dawnguard as a group that kep coming at me is familiar. But going Dawnguard could be very memorable, especially if you really lean into it, use their equipment, and train in restoration for their rare anti-undead spells.
Their armour, axes, shields, crossbow and restoration spells are all cool.
My favorite faction. Nice thumbnail - they’ve the best looking armor in the game IMO. Here’s to hoping they show up in the next proper Elder Scrolls.
I miss the feature that Vampires attack cities at night killing citizens. It was giving you the extra motivation to beat the dlc with the Dawnguard faction so the attacks would stopped. 😢
Yeah. I think people hated those attacks because too many NPCs would die in those attacks. It was frustrating losing shopkeepers, especially. However, without the city attacks, the vampire "crisis" hardly seems like a crisis at all. There isn't any urgency and most of the time when approached by the Dawnguard, my character hasn't even encountered any vampires yet at all.
Actually, the attacks would continue even after you complete the Dawnguard questline, it just happened less frequently. On the other hand, siding with the Volkihar stopped the attacks completely. Just thought I should point it out....
@@sahidmerced2542 I haven't had an attack by vampires IN a city in so at least 2 playthroughs. A Google search verifies that a LOT of other people haven't either. Some think it is a bug or feature that occurred about the time Bethesda started forcing creation club updates. Seems to occur to people playing SE, I don't know about Oldrim.
@@OronoDiane I was talking about the base game, before bethesda removed those attacks altogether.
Heard they're reforming the Dawnguard, vampire hunters or something, out in the old fort near Riften. Maybe I'll join up myself!
WHY IS EVERYONE STEALING MY FUCKING LINE
@@winterholdguard7267
What else is there left to steal? Already took your sweet roll. 😈
Soooo question about the Altmer. How DO they age? Do they age slower then humans? Like they stay a child much longer then the humans. Or do they slow down the aging at a certain age?
I’ve always had the same question😂 like I don’t think it’s ever been explained. Are they like 1 years for like 5 years and so on? Or do they age normally until adulthood then slow down?
They far out live humans like those thalmor before i killed them
@@banegas0411 they can out live us, unless we put a blade in them
skyrim belongs to the nords
@@mothman8300 HUMAN SUPREMACY
@@mothman8300 Skyrim belongs to the orcs
Hi, Scott. I love that you guys have actually covered the Dawnguard. We are a little short on funds right now. I appreciate the free publicity.
I love your videos ... always great topics and quality. Very easy to understand. Keep it up!
Dawnguard armor looks so dope
Love these videos and I absolutely love how often you guys are pushing content out!!!!!
I love the Dawnguard dlc it’s my favourite the characters, weapons and armour are all very interesting. I would always choose to join the dawnguard and hunt the vampire menace with my undead dragon Durnehviir 🐉 and enchanted rune war axe. ☀️
All this amazing lore. Been watching for years now and I still wonder what the lore is behind the name Fudgemuppet .
Everytime I have trouble sleep I play you're guy's videos because your voices are so soothing so like that's for the amazing sleep love yous
I've been wairing for this video FOR 84 YEARS
"Vampires Bane" is basically just hitting the vampire with focused and dense magicka, since the sun is basically just that
I’m playing your fallout 4 paladin build. It’s fantastic. Love your videos.
I usually play as a Dawnguard Werewolf but then turn into a Vampire Lord so I can traverse into the Soul Cairn and then I turn back to a Werewolf so that I can rejoin the Dawnguard and fight Harkon. They shoulda made it possible to marry Serana without mods. She is too like-able to just give us little teases like that. Frickin Bethesda 🤦♂️
Idk how she's likable. She is impossible to please. Always complaining. It's either too cold or too hot, too dark or too sunny. She can't even decide whether she prefers being in a cave or out in the wilderness. She's just bipolar.
Do a video on "The March of Mountains" I want to know more about those giants.
I have to say... the heavy dawnguard armor is one of my favorite sets in the whole damn game.
Do they have light armour?
@@ainzooalgownoverlord8913 Yeah, but there's something about the heavy set that I prefer
@@samuraijaco1 ok thanks because I mostly play a sneak vampire hunter. It's fun seeing vampires run around scared knowing that they are being picked off 1 by 1.
@@ainzooalgownoverlord8913 lol no worries!!! Enjoy your hunt!!! Especially with your fancy-shmancy shiny new crossbow/bow/daggers!
Do a video for possible sotrylines for TES 6 if it was held at the same time as Skyrim
I'd like that too!
How in the world did the jarl of a fairly small fishing town (I believe this was before the Black Briars) have enough money to build a castle the size of the current city?
plot armor. maybe a dragon break. or bethesda just didn't think about it at the time. lol.
(1) Riften was once much larger, as we saw in *ESO.* I believe they had to reconstruct and bring in their walls in the aftermath of the rampage of the Ghost of Sinmur.
(2) The size of the province and its settlements in-game versus in-lore are not consistent. It's just a matter of game design limitations. In lore, Riften is a much larger city, just as Skyrim would be a much larger region.
Awesome video, love the Dawnguard!!! Cheers
MORE BUILD/REMASTERED BUILD VIDEOS!!!!
I'm waiting for the remastered Toxicologist! Absolutely love the build
@@bigode9743 yes!!! That's my current build and I wasnt sure how I wanted to play it fully with factions. I went with a mod that adds poison destruction magic, light armour, sneak and 1 handed (mirakk sword) with those spiders as well but not really used much but a remastered version would make it so much better and use things I never thought of using
@@conjonsilver_ Fire! I'm currently playing this build too haha. I downloaded Throwable Weapons because I wanted to make an alchemist character that was able to lob bombs and potions, without the need for the spiders (they would come later ;)). What i wanted to do with this build was to create a character that inscreasingly studied nature's properties, to the point he/she started to dable in alteration to figure out what is it that nature and reality has to offer. For roleplay i downloaded Heljarcheen farm to have a place where i could learn a bit of alchemy on my own so that then i could go to the College to gain better insight on plants and such (there is a great overhaul to the college that adds all sorts of neat gardens, and relics that let you really feel like alchemy is appreciated over there). Now, i'm currently wondering the land in search of new wild life. Some day i might stumble onto Solstheim and start to research what is it that enables these spiders to harness the powers of the elements :). But factions are really tricky! I got stuck after the college because i didn't want a thief or anything. I really don't know how to press on hahaha. I guess we need wait for the Remastered Toxicologist, my friend
@@bigode9743 yep I'm on ps4 so mods are pretty limited but I have done side quests and dragonborn dlc (even if it doenst really make much sense) but I wanted miraaks sword. Hopefully some come out soon
@@conjonsilver_ I too want that sword! I'm trying to imagine ways that i could incorporate it into my playthrough... Corrupted nature maybe, idk hahahah. Anyways, i wish the very best, friend
I always love the mortal men vs powerful monsters scenarios
You realize that the Dragonborn is essentially a dragon wearing a mortal skin, right?
You do realise that all of the dawn guard sans the dragonborn is made up of mortal men. Man what is up with these snooty replies that people leave on other people's comments,makes me want to punch their faces in.
Scott is so prolific w these great videos round of applause for Scott
I remember a play through I did once before dawnguard. A mad khajiit vampire. He had a hatred for vampires and would hunt them down. He never quite grasped he was one himself. But any he came across fell to his volley of spells. Spells that summoned and launched flaming wheels of goat cheese.
Yes he was a worshipper of sheggorath, the skooma cat. The madness came when moon sugar stopped working for him, and then skooma.
we all know what a "ritual" with Molag Bal entails
Best questline ever. Dawnguard is love, Dawnguard is life.
It has Cool-ass tilesets, Crossbows, Serana, Good level design, Killing vampires, Sun magic, Serana, Cool armor, Florentius Baenius (the best TES character ever), and Serana.
[Wasn't built for the Morrowind border]
Darn, that'd be immersive.
[Was a prison to hold a Vampire]
Oh so that's why it's guarding nothing.
Timely finding this video today. I'm playing through Dawnguard again now. I just gathered all the ingredients to open the soul cairn. There are a lot of creepy places in Skyrim. But, that soul cairn just sucks the life and breath right out of me. I hate to go down that rabbit hole but there's nothing for it. Gotta go! Thanks for the video!
I would love one about the Vigilant of Stendar.
There's a mod I believe you join them after you start the dawnguard and you hear that the hall was destroyed
I would like to see a video about Savos Aren's group in Labarynthian. I normally side with the dawnguard just because being a vampire is frustrating.
Harkon: Join me and be a Wolf among sheep and never fear DEATH !
Me: Nah I'm gonna keep being a werebear
Two members of the Dawnguard Luke and Beau, are prevented from crossing a bridge by a pair of Vampires.
Luke - Don't just stand there, show that monster your Crossbow!
Beau (Angrily) - GET OFF THE ROAD YOU TOOTHY GITS!
Luke - I said your crossbow... not that you're cross, Beau... Some nights I wonder who's side you are on...
To be perfectly honest I enjoy the build that joined the Volkihar clan more. Harkon has a kind of Palatine charm and sometimes it's fun being his Vader. The badass right hand who keeps order wiping out lesser clans and assassinating dawnguard agents. Damn it's fun being evil in these games
And as the rule of two goes, eventually overthrowing your master and taking his throne. Choosing vampire in this game seriously is awesome.
@@msharmall7298 if you talk with Serana at one point instead of, "does it bother you that we're working against your father" you'll ask if she has a problem working with him, and she breaks down the rule of two. Since we we're in the halls of Volkihar when this happened it felt like Game of Thrones powergrab scheming.
@@gizmoduck4292 LOL I know right. It's that sort of thing that makes me want to choose Vokihar again even though I've never done a proper Dawnguard playthru. Gotta do Dawnguard this time though :/
@@msharmall7298 you could always rp the dawnguard's hellboy. Isran doesn't seem to have an objections to you being a werewolf
@@gizmoduck4292 Yeah, I thought that was weird. Hates vampires and such, but is totally okay with another murderous prince's spawn? Seems a little biased lol
The Dawn Has Arrived
Hail Dawn-striders, hail Argent Awakening, hail Meridia, hail N'gborak!
I hope The vigilant of stendarr comes back as a faction in TES6....... I wanted to join them in skyrim but, well unlucky me
I side with the Dawnguard with my legionarie character and with the vampires with my necromancer (even if i heal myself later to do the undeath mod) but one of my biggest moral dilemmas is that why the Dawnguard are obviously good guys, there is the risk for them to becom zealots and terrorize peoole in their "hunt against evil"
Jacopo Mazzo if you’re a good vampire, they still will hunt you down for “the crime of vampirism.” You don’t even need to hurt anyone, just having the disease is enough for them to want to brutally kill you. There’s no grey area with them.
CeriseArt Yeah thats what worries me about them, there are a lot of good vampires like Serana, Sybille Stentor or even Janus Hassildor, who's a count in oblivion and still a fair ruler. Obviously the Dawnguard are the best protection against evil vampires in Skyrim, but Isran is not a very good person and is basically a zealot -not surprising since he was a vigilant of stendarr- and I don't want the Dawnguard to gain too much decisional power and start some state police shit. Best thing would be if Isran was replaced by a moderate leader
Jacopo Mazzo but he never tried to kill me, he just said I’m gonna have to cure myself.
Actually, the reason that Isran was fired from the Vigilants was because his methods were "too extreme".
@@jacopomazzo4949 It's pretty hilarious that the only reason you have to do Gunmar's and Sorine's favor quests (unless you have good persuasion skills) is because both of them know that Isran is such an asshole that they would only work with him under the most extenuating circumstances.
Favorite lore video 👍🏻 that and the Pelinal Whitestrake Explained
I really hope that another monster hunter guild makes it to TES 6 but with even more cool gadgets and weapons to use. This portion of skyrim was my absolute favorite.
i love the stories you tell i hope you make more but it would be a lot more interesting if you do a play through of what you are talking like letting a npc say it and we aren't just looking at pictures js
My best skyrim build was and always will be Arne Lightbringer. The Nord vampire slayer. Absolutely love the dawnguard
I feel gameplay wise, dragonborn had more to offer but storywise I really liked all the effort behind dawnguard. Was just bummed the vampire faction was kinda...idk dry? (Pun intended) would have liked to see more impact, more personalities, more brutal vampire methods. Not, "hey....go fill up this cup homie"
Have you guys done a Morag Tong video yet?
Jonathan Aisel I believe so
Hmmmmmmn I wonder if I will ultimately be punished for my heracy against my kind since I normally creat an ancient vampire and enlist to hunt my kind down...and Isran never suspects that a night walker roams the halls of Fort Dawnguard....
I'm doing a werewolf danwguard run through
I always do the Dawnguard dlc asap because I looooove my Serana! I usually have her as a follower during every playthrough ;)
When I was first playing through the dlc back then, I thought there would be severe consequences if you go too far into the quest line. Cities being attacked gets annoying over time in my opinion. However, what if the vampire coven in Morthal had conquered the city once you reach a certain point in the dlc? This would only happen if you did not finish the quest involving said coven beforehand. Gives off that feeling of dread or a bit of confusion about the situation. Then come to realize what had transpired.
This would be a very great story for Netflix Elder Scrolls if they actually do make it
A band of outcast mercenaries turned vampire hunters have a more impressive fort than all the Jarls' homes combined (cept for windhelm) ... that's just sad.
Who else here has never been to the Vigilant base before it was burned?
Ik I'm late but they should have put more effort into the dawnguard like better designs in the castle and actual training grounds were they can fight and practice shooting crossbows etc I feel like they wasted so much potential on the order
eh, i'd rather the dragonborn side with the vampires. that would mean that we have another surviving main protagonist out there somewhere in future games. Like the nereverine. it would also mean that the dragons had a permanent guard against them. it could even open up the possibility of the blades rising again as vampires, or at least having it's most elite members offered the chance to become a vampire and fight dragons forever. Honestly, if the dragonborn is immortal, it effectively means that the world will never end. Alduin can never succeed against him and that means his title of "world eater" becomes just that, an empty title. You also brought up that if the dawnstar ending was canonical that serana might seek a cure for herself. clearly, that's never going to happen. She says that herself. She has no interest in finding a cure because she does view vampirism as a disease, rather it's something that she worked very hard for and went through a lot to achieve. so, another perk of siding with the vampires is the possible hookup with her, since she is pretty hot and technically a princess. really hard to beat that.
@Split Haven yea but if you're immortal you basically have an eternity to wear her down. remember, a billion no's and a yes is still a yes.
@Split Haven lol yes I would be like ooohhh shoot vampire!! Kill it with fire!!
Isran performs a bad ass battle speech.
Vampires > Dawnguard
Is there a dedicated video on my boi Nerevar? Something focused on him and maybe the First Council would be great! Dunmer are my faves :')
After the vaquishing of the Vampires it's be interesting if you could grow your army and eventually have them as a third faction in the civil war.
For people who hate the Empire AND the Stormcloaks
Using vampirism as a way to run a pure good dragon born who interprets the phrase “last Dragonborn literally”. If Alduin is to return, he will be there to meet him, not letting his quarrel use time to escape
Do videos on all the great houses of Morrowind please!