How to Fight Elder Dragons Again

Not to exist confused with Hakon 1-Center.

"I offer yous my claret. Take it, and y'all volition walk as a lion amongst sheep. Men will tremble at your approach, and you lot will never fright decease again."

―Harkon^[src]

Lord Harkon is a Nord vampire, the leader of the Volkihar Clan in The Elder Scrolls 5: Dawnguard, and the primary antagonist, regardless of the side taken during Bloodline. A powerful Vampire Lord, Harkon rules his brood with an atomic number 26 fist. He volition finish at nothing to attain his goals, even if it means the estrangement of his own family. Harkon is one of the few individuals in Tamriel capable of granting pure-blood vampirism.

Contents

• 1 Background
  • 1.ane Prophecy
• 2 Personality
• 3 Interactions
  • 3.1 Bloodline
  • 3.2 Prophet
  • 3.3 Kindred Judgment
• iv Equipment
• 5 Dialogue
• half-dozen Conversations
• 7 Quotes
• 8 Trivia
• 9 Appearances

Background

"In an historic period long forgotten to history, I ruled as a mighty king. My domain was vast, my riches endless and my power infinite."

―Harkon^[src]

If asked near how he got his vampirism, Harkon volition say how he once ruled as a mighty rex, and that his domain was said to exist vast and powerful. Despite all of this, his greatest fearfulness was his own mortality, so he pledged himself to Molag Bal and in his proper name he sacrificed a thousand innocents. In render, the Lord of Enslavement granted him immortality past turning him and his family into pure-blood vampires.

Prophecy

As the years passed and Harkon ran Volkihar, he uncovered a prophecy called the Tyranny of the Lord's day, that, were information technology to be enacted, would blot out the sun and allow his kin to roam freely during the day. He started condign obsessed with the prophecy and everything in his life, including his family, was pushed bated to try and make information technology a reality.

To enact the prophecy he required the ancient artifact chosen Auriel's Bow and the blood of a Daughter of Coldharbour. He would then taint an Elven arrow with the claret and shoot information technology at the sun with the bow. Harkon wanted to use his daughter, Serana, every bit a source for the blood, equally she is a Girl of Coldharbour. His estranged married woman Valerica saw how obsessed Harkon was condign and disagreed with his goal. She believed that vampires should stay in the shadows, otherwise it would bring also much attention to their kind, and that mortals would wipe out the vampires, attempting to bring the lord's day back.

In an attempt to stop him fulfilling the prophecy, Valerica locked Serana along with an Elder Scroll in Dimhollow Crypt for her protection, Valerica herself escaped to the Soul Cairn with the other roll sometime before the events in Skyrim. Harkon, enraged by this expose, commanded every vampire in his courtroom to look for them. After the Dragonborn finds Serana and brings her to Castle Volkihar, Harkon regains the confidence to proceed his quest to fulfill the prophecy.

Personality

Lord Harkon, leader of the Volkihar vampire clan.

Harkon is an elitist and sees mortals as junior beings. He has little regard even for his family unit, and only remembers his married woman and daughter due to his animalism for power, though he does seem to call back that his actions are benefiting vampire kind. Harkon is cruel and will not let anything stop him in his quest for domination. He views the vampires institute throughout the rest of Skyrim to be no more than feral animals that "frighten the herd" of mortal citizens of Skyrim that he and his fellow "pure-bloods" feed upon.

He harbors pregnant resentment towards his estranged wife, Valerica, and wished to enact revenge upon her for her betrayal. Similarly, Harkon holds a deep abhorrence for lycanthropes, because the condition "filthy."

Interactions

Bloodline

Not only vampires...

The Dragonborn first encounters Harkon upon returning Serana to Castle Volkihar after the quest "Enkindling." Every bit a reward, he offers the Dragonborn the ability to go a Vampire Lord and bring together his clan of vampires. Alternatively, the Dragonborn can reject his offer and fight with the Dawnguard against him.

Prophet

If the Dragonborn sides with the vampires, Harkon sends the Dragonborn and Serana on a quest to find someone capable of reading the Elderberry Scroll. The two presently acquire they demand to detect Dexion Evicus, a Moth Priest who can read Elder Scrolls, who's held up in Forebears' Holdout. Afterwards getting Dexion and bringing him back to the Castle, the Dragonborn learns that 2 additional Scrolls are needed to complete the prophecy. Harkon then sends the Dragonborn to discover them, stating that they are located subconscious with his wife Valerica and the other in some Dwarven ruins. Subsequently finding and deciphering the last two Elder Scrolls, the Dragonborn is finally sent to recover Auriel'south Bow.

Kindred Judgment

Lord Harkon during "Kindred Judgment."

Eventually, the Dragonborn and Serana realize that Harkon'south plan volition doom vampires and mortals alike and decide to stop serving him. One time the three Elder Scrolls of Blood, Dragon, and Sun have been deciphered and Auriel'due south Bow has been gained in the quest "Touching the Heaven," the Dragonborn and Serana go to Castle Volkihar to face Harkon. After some dialogue, in that location is the selection to either kill Harkon or requite him the bow. Either way, Harkon begins the fight.

Equipment

Later killing Harkon during Kindred Judgment, his ashes appear at the foot of the Molag Bal vampire altar. They can be looted for the following items:

• Harkon's Sword
• Potion of Blood
• Vampire Royal Armor
• Vampire Boots
• Random enchanted or unenchanted jewelry
• 1 of many assorted random potions

Dialogue

Show: Bloodline

Inside Castle Volkihar: "For my daughter's prophylactic return, yous have my gratitude. Tell me, what is your proper noun?" I'm Dragonborn (Player name) . Who are you? You first. "I am Harkon, lord of this courtroom. By at present, my girl will have told yous what we are." You're vampires. "Non just vampires. We are among the oldest and most powerful vampires in Skyrim." You're a reclusive cannibal cult. "Non quite, though I tin run across how an outsider might arrive at that conclusion. No, we are vampires, amidst the oldest and most powerful in Skyrim." I don't actually care what you are. "Possibly you should. I count some of the oldest and most powerful vampires in Skyrim among the members of my court." "For centuries we lived here, far from the cares of the world. All that concluded when my wife betrayed me and stole away that which I valued virtually." Do I become a advantage for finding your daughter? "I was well-nigh to suggest that very thing. Yes, you nigh certainly deserve a reward." What happens at present? "You have done me a keen service, and at present you must be rewarded." "In that location is but one gift I can requite that is equal in value to the Elder Gyre and my girl. I offer you my claret. Take it, and you will walk equally a king of beasts among sheep. Men volition tremble at your approach, and you volition never fearfulness death again." And if I refuse your gift? "And then y'all volition be casualty, like all mortals. I will spare your life this once, but you lot volition be banished from this hall." I'grand already a vampire. What more can y'all offer me? (If a vampire.) "You contracted a illness, possibly, just you are no true vampire. Accept my souvenir and I promise that you will learn the difference. Refuse me, and I volition banish yous from this castle. I will spare your life this once, but later that, you are prey." I'm a werewolf. What will happen if I accept your gift? (If a werewolf.) "Yes, I can smell it on you. The power of my blood will purge that filth and make y'all whole over again." "Perhaps you still demand convincing? Behold the ability! This is the power that I offer! Now, make your selection!" I will accept your gift and get a vampire. "Be however!" I don't want to become a vampire. I refuse. "So be it! You are prey, like all mortals. I banish you!" If becoming a vampire lord is chosen: "Awake at last, adept. The ability is growing inside you, and now you must larn to wield it." I'thousand fix to larn about my new powers. "With my guidance y'all will become a deadly instrument, striking terror in the hearts of mortals wherever yous tread. Now, listen to my words and do as I instruct. The true power of the ancient blood is found in the class of the Vampire Lord. Presume the pall of the Vampire Lord, and we will go on." What happened? How did I go here? "My blood is potent. At first, the body is overwhelmed by information technology. Later on my bite, you collapsed and fell into a slumber. At present your flesh has acclimated to the new blood that courses through your veins. I clinch yous, no harm was done. In truth, your force surprises me. Not all mortals can withstand my embrace." What is this place? "A shrine to Molag Bal, the mighty Daedra Prince who is father to all our kind. Our power is a approving from him. It is he who offset bestowed the souvenir of the ancient blood upon me." Y'all fabricated a pact with Molag Bal? "In an age long forgotten to history, I ruled as a mighty male monarch. My domain was vast, my riches endless and my power infinite. And however, as my mortal life neared an terminate, I faced a seemingly invincible enemy -- my own mortality. I pledged myself to Molag Bal, and in his name I sacrificed a thousand innocents. In reward, he gave everlasting life to me, my wife and my daughter. And so I have defeated mortality itself." Later on changing into a vampire lord: "In this grade, you tin can drain the life from your foes with your correct hand. With your left hand, you tin can wield the power of blood magic to enhance the dead. You can as well call upon the powers of night to turn into a swarm of bats and reappear some distance abroad. Should you run out of magicka, you can descend to the ground and fight every bit the beasts do. Do so at present and we will keep." After landing: "Good. You are weaker while on the ground, because yous cannot access the claret magic. However, the night powers are still yours to command, and your claws are still formidable weapons. Over time, your powers will grow in strength and you volition observe new ways to employ your gifts." After viewing the perk tree: "There is much to learn, merely if you master the powers of the Vampire Lord, few enemies will be able to stand confronting you." Afterwards selecting a power: "In that location is ane terminal thing you must know. Slaying mortal men with your life drain grants you new night powers and blood magic. I go on a stable of thralls in the castle should you demand to feed like the baser vampires to stave off the sun. That is all I have to teach y'all. If you wish to exist reminded of these lessons, y'all need merely ask. I have a task that will test your new powers, but beginning, do you accept whatsoever questions?" I'm ready to behave out this task. "Good. Go and speak to Garan Marethi. Tell him it is time. He will understand." Tell me again nigh beingness a Vampire Lord. "When you get-go transform into a Vampire Lord, you will hover in the air. While you practice, you volition control the powers of Blood and Dark. Descend to the footing, and you tin can set on with your claws and feed upon your prey to regain your force. With feel, your powers volition grow and you will discover new means to apply them." What must I know about existence a vampire? "Every bit a vampire, you proceeds new powers, but also a weakness to sunlight. With each passing twenty-four hour period that y'all do non feed, that weakness will become more deadly, but your powers will also become stronger. Feed upon those who are sleeping, and your vulnerability to sunlight will diminish forth with your powers."

Show: The Bloodstone Beaker

Within Castle Volkihar: There are some things I want to ask you about. "You lot have earned my trust, and so I will share what I tin." When yous greeted Serana, it sounded like you hadn't seen her in a long fourth dimension. "Serana and her female parent disappeared long agone. I commanded every vampire in the court to look for them, just afterwards centuries of searching without success, I lost hope. In my heart, I know that it was my married woman, Valerica, who took my beloved daughter away from me. If I ever see her again, she volition pay most dearly for that betrayal. What else practise you desire to know?" I heard you mention Serana'southward mother. What happened to her? "Her name was Valerica. She has been gone for so long now, I can only presume that she has left this earth, one mode or another. I will say only that we did not office on proficient terms. What else do you lot want to know?" That's all I wanted to ask. "Very well."

Testify: Prophet

Inside Castle Volkihar: "Ah, y'all are here. Good." Yous wanted to speak to me? "Yes, I did. When I told y'all that I was grateful for my girl's safe return, I told the truth. But I did non tell yous everything." I suspected as much. "Good. Potent instincts and a cunning mind volition serve you as well as blade, spell or claw." When do you plan to start trusting me? "Do not presume to tell me who I can and cannot trust. I possess the wisdom of a dozen lifetimes, and I will make my own judgements. At present be silent, and hear what I have to say." "Equally yous know, vampires are powerful, simply we accept limits. Our corking enemy is the sunday, and until recently it'due south an enemy we've had no way to fight. For centuries I searched for an answer to this problem. I found an old prophecy written past a Moth Priest, those scholars who read the Elder Scrolls. The prophecy tells of a time in which vampires will gain ability over the sun, and will no longer fear its tyranny. I believe the secret to unraveling that prophecy is written in Serana'southward Elder Roll. I have ordered the courtroom to get together. I take a new task for u.s.a. all to carry out, and that includes you lot. Come up now, and hear my proclamation." Upon returning with the Moth Priest: "Well done! Somehow I knew it would exist you and Serana who plant our moth priest." I have made the moth priest my thrall. "Aye, I see that. I trust his capture was not as well difficult a task?" The Dawnguard tried to cease me, but they posed no threat. "I wish I could have been there to hear the sounds of their screams." The Dawnguard were there. They fought well, but not well plenty. "They are adamant and well-armed, but foolish if they call back they can defy u.s.a.. We will deal with them in time." The Dawnguard were protecting him, and they virtually killed me. "We both know that a ring of fools with crossbows is no match for a scion of the ancient blood. I admit, I do not entirely sympathise your sense of humour." "Well, your thrall awaits and we have given him the Elderberry Scroll. Command him to read it, and permit us hear the words of prophecy together." Later hearing the reading: "That was... not equally useful as I would take liked. Fifty-fifty and so, you did well." Do you know where these other scrolls are? "My traitor wife stole one of them abroad and then disappeared. As for the other, the final I heard, it was lost in the bowels of a Dwemer ruin. It seems our work is not yet done. Simply I have waited this long, and we are and so very close now. I tin wait a fleck longer."

Prove: Kindred Judgment

Inside Castle Volkihar: "It appears I have y'all to give thanks for turning my girl against me. I knew it was only a affair of fourth dimension before your appetite outgrew your loyalty." Loyalty? You never intended to let me alive. "A modest toll to pay for the betterment of our kind." Y'all're an insult to our kind. "Oh, come up at present... spare me your notions of kinship. Yous've just used Serana in an attempt to take away what should rightfully be mine." I would never use Serana like that. "The vampire is eternal, and with immortality comes the revelation that these bonds never suffer... information technology'south fleeting, momentary at best." No, I'one thousand here to prevent our annihilation. "Ah, I see yous've been speaking to Valerica and she'due south convinced you that eternal night volition plunge us into war with daytime dwellers. If just it were so. With the globe in shadow, nosotros would never tire, never weaken... more than a match for their sad armies." The bow belongs to me now. "Finally, a trace of honesty in our little conversation. How does information technology feel to hold the fate of the vampire in your grasp. Exhilarating, isn't it?" Enough of this! "Yep, quite. I'1000 growing weary of speaking to y'all and my traitorous girl. I'll requite you a single chance to turn over the bow to me. At that place will not be a second." Never. "Very well and then, you get out me no choice!" Very well. (Requite Auriel'due south Bow) "Deplorable. Merely sad. I expected more from the defiant fool that beguiled my girl. No matter. Serana will sacrifice her claret for the sake of the prophecy, and I volition banquet upon yours in Molag Bal's accolade!" ... "Picayune patience for talk? Skillful. Permit'south end this!" "I'll rend the flesh from your basic!" If a Dawnguard: "It appears I take y'all to thank for turning my girl confronting me. I knew it was only a affair of fourth dimension before she'd return with hatred in her eye." Hatred born of your neglect. "A small price to pay for the edification of our kind." Your kind is a blight on this globe. "Yeah, yep. Always the noble vampire hunter. And what happens when you've slain me? Is Valerica side by side? Is Serana?" I would never impairment Serana. She's also important to me. "Then my girl is truly lost. She died the moment she accepted a mortal into her life." I'm only here to kill you. "I encounter. Interesting that you tin can set bated your morals when it suits you." This is about more than killing vampires. "Ah, of course. The prophecy. You've come here to stop me from taking Auriel's Bow and shrouding the world in darkness." Plenty of this! "Yes, quite. I'1000 growing weary of speaking to you and my traitorous daughter. I'll requite you lot a single gamble to turn over the bow to me. There will not be a second." Never. "Very well and then, y'all go out me no pick!" Very well. (Give Auriel'south Bow) "Lamentable. Simply pitiful. I expected more than from the defiant fool that beguiled my daughter. No thing. Serana will cede her blood for the sake of the prophecy, and I volition feast upon yours in Molag Bal's accolade!" "I'll rend the flesh from your bones!"

Conversations

Bloodline

Vingalmo: "How dare you trespass hither! Wait... Serana? Is that truly yous? I cannot believe my eyes! My lord! Everyone! Serana has returned!"
Serana: "I gauge I'yard expected."
Feran: "I tin't believe it."
Harkon: "My long-lost daughter returns at concluding. I trust you have my Elder Scroll?"
Serana: "After all these years, that's the first affair you inquire me? Yeah, I accept the scroll."
Hestla: "She has the scroll!"
Orthjolf: "The whorl!"
Harkon: "Of course I'k delighted to see you, my daughter. Must I really say the words aloud? Ah, if only your traitor mother were here, I would let her watch this reunion before putting her caput on a spike. At present tell me, who is this stranger yous take brought into our hall? "
Serana: "This is my savior, the one who freed me."

Harkon: "Scions of the night! Hear my words! The prophesied time is at last upon us. Soon we will merits rule over the sun itself, and forge a new realm of eternal darkness. Now that I accept reclaimed one of my Elder Scrolls, we must observe a Moth Priest to read it. I have spread false rumors about the discovery of an Elderberry Scroll in Skyrim to lure a Moth Priest here. Now information technology is time to see if those efforts have borne fruit. Become forth, and search the state for rumors of a Moth Priest within our borders. Await to the cities. Speak to innkeepers, railroad vehicle drivers, anyone who would run into a traveler. Go now, and carry out this chore. This is my command!"
Garan: "Information technology will exist done, my lord!"
Ronthil: "A Moth Priest?"
Vingalmo: "Hm. Most interesting."

Kindred Judgment, Volkihar

Harkon: "So, you lot've returned. Is your... pet keeping you entertained?"
Serana: "Y'all know why we're here."
Harkon: "Of course I do. You disappoint me, Serana. Yous've taken everything I provided for you and thrown it all away for this... pathetic beingness (Or "half-breed vampire" if a vampire) ."
Serana: "Provided for me? Are y'all insane? Y'all've destroyed our family. Yous've killed other vampires. All over some prophecy that we barely empathise. No more than. I'm done with you lot. You will non bear upon him ("her" if the dragonborn is female) ."
Harkon: "And so, I run across this dragon has fangs. Your voice drips with the venom of your mother'southward influence. How alike you've go."
Serana: "No... Because unlike her, I'1000 not agape of you. Not anymore."
Harkon: "And you lot..."
[During the fight]
Serana: "Tough solar day for y'all!"
Serana: "Sorry it had to be this way!"
Serana: "This won't end well for you!"
Harkon: "No... Serana... your own father..."

Kindred Judgment, Dawnguard

Harkon: "Serana, my darling. I come across y'all withal favor keeping a pet."
Serana: "You know why nosotros're here."
Harkon: "Of course I practise. You lot disappoint me, Serana. Yous've taken everything I provided for you and thrown information technology all away for this... pathetic beingness."
Serana: "Provided for me? Are y'all insane? You've destroyed our family. Y'all've killed other vampires. All over some prophecy that we barely empathize. No more. I'm done with you. You will not touch on him."
Harkon: "So, I run into this dragon has fangs. Your vox drips with the venom of your mother'south influence. How alike you've become."
Serana: "No... Because unlike her, I'yard not afraid of you. Not anymore."
Harkon: "And yous..."
[During the fight]
Serana: "Tough day for you!"
Serana: "Lamentable it had to be this way!"
Serana: "This won't end well for you!"
Serana: "I won't fall for your tricks!"
Serana: "Information technology's time for yous to endure!"
Harkon: "No... Serana... your ain father..."

Quotes

• "You have forsaken my gift. The ancient blood no longer flows through your veins. Don't deny it! Count yourself fortunate that I'm a forgiving man. Now, exist still while I give you the aboriginal blood once again." – If cured of Vampirism.
• "I volition darken the skies!" – During "Kindred Judgment"
• "Fools." – During "Kindred Judgement"
• "Dice, traitor!" – During "Kindred Sentence"
• "You've turned her against me!" – During "Kindred Sentence"
• "Auriel's Bow will be mine!" – During "Kindred Judgement"
• "I'll drain the life from you!" – During "Kindred Judgement"

Trivia

• Harkon was voiced by Neil Dickson, who also voiced Ondolemar and Quaranir.
• Despite Serana, Valerica, and Harkon being Vampire Lords, Harkon is the only 1 to visibly presume his vampire form.
• Harkon is one of 3 questline primary characters in Skyrim that acts as a mentor to the Dragonborn (if the Volkihar Association is chosen) and betrays them in the stop, the others being Mercer Frey of the Thieves Social club and Astrid of the Dark Brotherhood.
•  PC  Harkon'due south graphic symbol models are separated by iv different base IDs, the starting time i is Harkon'south humanoid grade which is essential and contains no dialogue, the 2d one is Vampire Lord course which is non essential, the rest are hostile variants. This is for separating the character AI, the same feature is also shared by Miraak. Oddly, this is not the case for Serana; she just has one base of operations ID and contains no follower dialogues.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard

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