List of Skyrim: Tyranny of the Sun episodes

These are the episodes of Skyrim: Tyranny of the Sun.

Episodes (2020-2021)

 * 1) Secret of Dimhollow - 6/22/20 - While doing husbandry work in Whiterun, the Dragonborn is approached by a middle-aged Orc wearing a strange, plated armor by the name of Durak. Durak offers to the Dragonborn if he'd like to join up with the clan of vampire hunters known as the Dawnguard in order to fight against the ever-growing vampire menace in Skyrim. The Dragonborn accepts the offer, and is directed to Dayspring Canyon in the Rift, where Fort Dawnguard resides. The Dragonborn swiftly leaves Whiterun and saddles up on his horse, making his way towards Dayspring Canyon. Upon entering the canyon, he meets Agmaer, a farm boy and a fellow recruit, who is nervous about joining the Dawnguard. The two make their way up to the massive, impressive fort, and meet Isran inside. Isran seems to be a bit busy, discussing with Tolan, a Vigilant of Stendarr, about the desecration of the Hall of the Vigilants, and something about Dimhollow Crypt. After their discussion, the Dragonborn approaches Isran, who provides him with a crossbow, and asks him to investigate Dimhollow Crypt, with Tolan offering assistance. Sure enough, the Dragonborn makes his way to Dimhollow Crypt, of which the burnt-down Hall of the Vigilants was posted nearby. The Dragonborn slays two vampires, of which had killed Vigilant Tolan before he arrived. The Dragonborn makes his way through the Crypt, using his crossbow and sword to fight his way through small groups of vampires within the crypt. Within the main sanctum of Dimhollow, the Dragonborn witnesses the execution of Vigilant Adalvald at the hands of the master vampire Lokil and a female vampire accompanying him. The Dragonborn notices a large, bizarre work of architecture that didn't seem to be of Ancient Nordic origin, before quickly taking out Lokil and the female vampire. He makes his way to the peculiar area of interest, of which has a small stone monolith within the middle. Atop the small structure is a button, which the Dragonborn presses, and gets his hand impaled by a spike that comes out of the small monolith. Upon being spiked, the area seems to glow with a bizarre purple energy, with some of it leading in a trail towards a brazier nearby. As the Dragonborn solves the brazier puzzle, the area starts to reshape into a bowl-like structure, and the center, where the small monolith resided, opened up into a strange, purple vortex. A large sarcophagus emerges from the vortex, and the energy fades as the Dragonborn slowly approaches the coffin. Slowly and cautiously, the Dragonborn opens up the coffin, to find a beautiful woman inside. The woman collapses onto the stone floor, having been awoken by the Dragonborn opening the sarcophagus. The woman, who turns out to be a vampire, appears to be wearing an Elder Scroll on her back. The woman questions the Dragonborn about various topics, mostly questioning where he came from and who sent him, and that she'd like him to take her back to her castle. She also reveals that her name is Serana.
 * 2) The Volkihar Clan - 7/28/20 - The Dragonborn and Serana make their way throughout the rest of Dimhollow Crypt, where the Dragonborn has his first encounters with Gargoyles. They prove to be fearsome creatures, however, he slays them with relative ease. After making it out of Dimhollow Crypt, the Dragonborn and Serana travel past Solitude, making their way past Northwatch Keep, where a small dock and rowboat resided. Sure enough, the large castle was visible even from the Mainland. As he and Serana entered the rowboat, they began to have discussions about a controlled amount of topics, due to Serana being secretive and seemingly uncomfortable with thinking about the events of the past. As they dock at Castle Volkihar, Serana informs the Dragonborn that she is thankful to him for bringing her home, but once they make it inside, she would go her own way for a while. He leads her inside, where it turns out she has been expected. There, the Dragonborn meets Lord Harkon, the leader of the Volkihar Clan and a very powerful Vampire Lord. However, it seemed that Harkon was happier to see the Elder Scroll rather than Serana, in which Serana shows restrained irritation towards. Harkon expresses his gratitude, and that he would like to reward the Dragonborn the gift of his ancient vampiric blood, transforming into a large, winged, beastly humanoid creature. The Dragonborn refuses the offer, and is casted back to the Volkihar docks. The Dragonborn thinks about Serana, giving off a sigh, before entering the rowboat and heading back towards the mainland in order to report to Isran of the events that occurred at Dimhollow Crypt and what followed afterwards. Upon approaching Fort Dawnguard, the Dragonborn finds Isran and a few Dawnguard members fighting against a small posse of vampires of whom had discovered the location of the fort. He quickly aids them in killing the vampires, then informs him about Serana and the Elder Scroll. Isran is slightly frustrated on how the Dragonborn was unable to recover the Elder Scroll, but is understanding on the fact that the Dragonborn would've been heavily outmatched. Isran says that they'll need to recruit three old friends of his: Gunmar, Sorine Jurard, and Florentius Baenius, and that they'd need their skills and expertise in order to be more prepared against the threat they were up against. The Dragonborn first looks for Gunmar, of which he finds at the entrance of a cave. The Dragonborn informs Gunmar of the situation against the vampires, but Gunmar refuses the offer, until the Dragonborn helps him slay the murderous bear that had been attacking and killing travelers. Afterwards, the Dragonborn makes his way towards the Reach. He finds a bulging satchel on the riverbank nearby, finding multiple Dwemer gyros within. He takes the satchel, and shortly after stumbles upon Sorine Jurard, who is working on an excavation of an ancient Dwarven ruin. Sorine, despite also shocked about the vampire situation, also refuses to help, unless the Dragonborn gave her a Dwarven gyro or found her satchel. The Dragonborn hands Sorine her satchel right off the bat, and points her in the direction of Fort Dawnguard. He then asks her about Florentius, as Isran didn't exactly know where he was. Sorine informs him that last she heard of him, he was assisting the Vigilants at the Nordic ruins of Ruunvald. The Dragonborn makes his way to the ruins of Ruunvald, of which he finds many enthralled, hostile Vigilants inside. The Dragonborn fights his way through Ruunvald, clearing the ruin of charmed Vigilants, to find that they were enthralled by a powerful High Elf mage by the name of Minorne. The Dragonborn slays Minorne, and discovers that she was using the Staff of Ruunvald in order to subjugate them. Nearby, he finds the encaged Florentius. Florentius seems a little crazy, as he at first refuses the offer, until he has a conversation with an unseen entity, then says that "Arkay thinks I should go", and is therefore recruited. After recruiting the three, the Dragonborn makes his way back to Fort Dawnguard, where Gunmar, Sorine, and Florentius have gathered. Isran enacts a safety protocol, where solar magic is used in order to be certain that none of them are vampires. He then immediately orders them to get to work, with Gunmar being ordered to round up trolls in order to train, Sorine to improve upon the crossbow design, and Florentius to start working on enchantments, magic tomes, and potions. After, he then addresses the Dragonborn, saying that a vampire has come to see him. The Dragonborn quickly makes his way upstairs, and finds out that this vampire is none other than Serana.
 * 3) "The Tale of the Great Moth Priest Hunt" - 10/6/20 - Serana speaks with the Dragonborn, revealing the reason why she was locked in Dimhollow, and the vague details about the Tyranny of the Sun prophecy, of which her father had become obsessed with, explaining how it would blot out the sun and have vampires control the world. In order to discover more details about the prophecy in order to stop it, they'd have to find out what secrets remain within Serana's Elder Scroll. Isran lets out a slight outburst of anger as the Dragonborn tells him to put his hatred aside and to accept Serana's help. Isran, disgruntled, accepts, but tells Serana that if she so much as touched anyone within Fort Dawnguard, she and the Dragonborn would pay for it. The annoyed Serana returns the words with a bit of mockery, then turns her attention back to the Dragonborn, giving him the Elder Scroll, and then saying that they'd need to find a Moth Priest in order to read it, but their best bet would be heading into Cyrodiil in order to find one. Isran brings up how an Imperial scholar showed up in Skyrim not too long ago, and suggested that that might be their Moth Priest. He then suggested asking innkeepers or carriage drivers about the Moth Priest. Serana then suggested they visit the College of Winterhold in order to ask about the Moth Priest. The Dragonborn and Serana, once more paired again, make their way towards Winterhold. On the way, they talk more in-depth, joke about "The Tale of the Great Moth Priest Hunt", and subtly flirt with one another. He asks how she suddenly knew so much about the modern world, in which she responds that she was researching and catching up on time by reading a variation of historical books. When they reach the College, the Dragonborn returns to the Arcanaeum, once more speaking with Urag gro-Shub. After asking the old Orc about the Moth Priest, Urag informs the two that the Moth Priest had stopped by the library in order to look at a few books, then apparently left for the town of Dragon Bridge, within Haafingar, relatively close to Solitude. The two make their way back towards Solitude, and follow the road to Dragon Bridge. Upon reaching the town, the two shortly split up in order to ask townsfolk about the Moth Priest. None of them seemingly have a clue what they're talking about, until a Breton child by the name of Clinton approaches Serana, and informs her that an old man had recently come through, traveling with a band of Imperial guards, and that they could catch up with him if they crossed the town's namesake dragon bridge. Serana thanks the young boy by giving him a boiled creme treat, then the two cross the bridge. Not too far up ahead, they find a crashed carriage, with the Imperial guards and the horse slain. Alongside them, there lay the corpse of a vampire of which had a note close to its body. The note explained how they had captured the Moth Priest, and plan to enthrall him within Forebears' Holdout, which was relatively nearby. The Dragonborn and Serana quickly make their way towards the Holdout, where they fight through Death Hounds and more vampires, until they find a magical barrier created by the Orc vampire Malkus, in which the Moth Priest was being held hostage in order to be enthralled. The Dragonborn and Serana engage in combat with Malkus, who proves to be quite formidable with his skill of magic, but is ultimately slain by decapitation from the Dragonborn. The Dragonborn plucks the Weystone Focus from his corpse, and use it to disable the magical barrier. However, it appears that the Moth Priest had been successfully enthralled, and begins to attack the Dragonborn and Serana. However, the two are able to subdue him, breaking the subjugation upon him. The Moth Priest introduces himself as Dexion Evicus, and asks how he could repay their favor. The Dragonborn informs him of the Elder Scroll that they have, and that they'd like to meet at Fort Dawnguard in order to read it.
 * 4) The Volkihar Ruins - 12/24/20 - The Dragonborn and Serana return to Fort Dawnguard, where Dexion has prepared himself to read the Elder Scroll. Isran joins in, giving Dexion a small audience as he reads the Scroll. He explains how he sees a variety of visions, most importantly: the vision of Auriel's Bow, the bow that Auri-El wielded against the forces of Lorkhan in Mythic times. He also hears a voice that says: "Among the night's children, a dread lord will rise. In an age of strife, when dragons return to the realm of men, darkness will mingle with light and the night and day will be as one". After Dexion's visions end, he appears to be weakened and tired, and says that he needs rest. Though, before heading into the dormitory, he explains how he believes that there are two other Elder Scrolls that are needed before the full prophecy can be deciphered; one revealing the secrets of the dragons, and the other revealing the secrets of ancient blood. Afterwards, Serana informs the Dragonborn of how she believes that her mother, Valerica, may have one of the Elder Scrolls with her, though she doesn't have a clue where she is. The Dragonborn suggests that she might be hiding somewhere within Castle Volkihar. Serana is flooded with memories, as she remembers that her mother used to spend a lot of time in the courtyard, where she says Harkon couldn't stand due to it being too "peaceful". That she would always seem like she was busy when it came to her time spent in the courtyard. However, Serana doesn't have the faintest clue about the other Elder Scroll, in which the Dragonborn reveals that he actually has it himself. He shows her the Scroll as proof, then explains to her how he recovered it from the Tower of Mzark within Blackreach in order to learn the Dragonrend Shout to defeat Alduin. Serana is at a loss for words, but the Dragonborn tells her it'd be a discussion for a later time. The Dragonborn and Serana head back to Castle Volkihar, having more in-depth discussions about Valerica and Serana's childhood on the way. As they make their way back to the castle, they take a left around the bridge, and stumble upon the old Volkihar loading dock, owned by the previous residents of Castle Volkihar. The two make their way into the basement entry on the dock, fighting a variation of armored skeletons along the way. Inside, they find more skeletons, and a reclusive vampire of which was planning a sabotage on the castle by using a pack of Death Hounds it had trained, but they quickly dispatch of the vampire and its hounds. They quickly make their way through, and end up in the courtyard. To Serana's shock, the courtyard was completely ruined, its remaining beauty now just a whisper from the past. As she observes the moondial, she is suddenly reminded about how she'd always see her mother working with it before she was shoo'd away. Upon closer inspection, she sees that it is missing three of its crests. The Dragonborn begins to search around the courtyard to find the missing crests. It doesn't take long for him to reveal them from their hiding spots. He heads back to the moondial, placing the missing crests in their respective spots. Abruptly, the moondial starts to spin, and a flight of stairs opens up around it. Serana guesses that the stairs lead down into the Castle ruins, of which she had never explored, but she was convinced that they had found Valerica's hiding spot. The pair venture into the ruins, fighting through Gargoyles and more armored Skeletons, before coming upon what was seemingly a dead end. A peculiar candlestick, however, had caught the Dragonborn's eye. Upon twisting it, the fireplace opened up, revealing a flight of stairs that led up to Valerica's laboratory. The laboratory was full of ingredients and potions, but what caught their attention was the large seal within the center of the lab. Serana theorizes that the seal must be a portal to the Soul Cairn, a sliver of Oblivion where souls are sent after being used in a soul gem, and that must be where Valerica is hiding, hopefully with the last Elder Scroll. She explains how that there might be a way to open the portal, if they were to find Valerica's journal, it hopefully would reveal the recipe in order to open the portal. The Dragonborn finds her journal within a nearby bookshelf, and hands it to Serana, who reads it and informs the Dragonborn of its details, and sure enough, it does provide the ingredients, which include finely-ground bone meal, purified void salts, and a handful of soul gem shards, but she is suddenly discouraged when she sees that Valerica's own blood is a requisite for the portal, but the Dragonborn reminds Serana that she shares her mother's blood. The Dragonborn quickly searches around the lab and recovers each necessary ingredient for the portal. The two then make their way up to the brazier on the second floor of the lab. The Dragonborn places each ingredient within the brazier, followed by Serana biting into her hand and allowing the blood to pour into the brazier. Abruptly, the seal shatters open, and a blue-violet vortex appears where the seal once was. Bright, azure light fills the laboratory. The Dragonborn and Serana slowly approach the portal, when the portal starts to react dangerously to the Dragonborn's living, mortal body, attempting to rip his soul from his body. The Dragonborn recoils back, and Serana inquires if he's alright, then expresses how it should've been expected, considering the Soul Cairn is "hungry" for a soul for the lack of a better word. The Dragonborn is left with two alternatives in order to pass through the Soul Cairn: Either become partially soul-trapped and weakened, yet still mortal, in the Soul Cairn, or become a vampire.
 * 5) Beyond Death - 1/30/21 - In hopes of not getting kicked out of - or even attacked by - the Dawnguard, the Dragonborn chooses to be partially soul-trapped. Serana tosses the soul gem infused with the partial soul into the portal, in hopes that it would appeal to the Ideal Masters, the beings that overlook the Soul Cairn. With that out of the way, the Dragonborn and Serana make their way into the portal, and enter the Soul Cairn. (More coming soon)
 * 6) Uncovering the Prophecy - 3/5/21 - TBD
 * 7) The Forgotten Vale - 5/10/21 - TBD
 * 8) Kindred Judgement - 6/22/21 - TBD