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. As they cross through the portal, they find a somber, barren land, with purple skies. The two traverse throughout the barren landscape, encountering the lost soul denizens of the Cairn, as well as a variation of black skeletons called "Bonemen", and their counterparts: the arcane-based "Mistmen" and the heavy combat-based "Wrathmen". The native undead aren't too fond of either of them, attacking them on sight. The Dragonborn and Serana easily get through the undead horde, arriving at the Volkihar Prison, where Valerica is trapped behind a magical barrier. Valerica is utterly shocked to see Serana, and not only that, that she came to the Cairn with what she saw as a "stranger". Things get heated when Valerica speaks with the Dragonborn, but the Dragonborn tries to reassure her that he cares about Serana's safety, and that they'd need the Elder Scroll to prevent Harkon from acquiring the grasp of the prophecy. Valerica proceeds to let out her frustrations out on Serana, but Serana expresses that she feels like just a pawn to Valerica as well, that the Dragonborn cares more for her than Valerica did in centuries. Serana eventually convinces Valerica about the necessity of the Scroll after calming down, and Valerica accepts to give them the Scroll. However, the magical barrier prevented them from entering, and her from leaving. In order to release the barrier, the Keepers of the Cairn would have to be slain. Valerica also warns them of a dragon by the name of Durnehviir who roams the Cairn. The Dragonborn and Serana set out, and find the locations of the Keepers, who appear as large entities adorning dragonbone armor and weapons, with black flames of energy with glowing blue eyes functioning as heads. The Keepers are tough adversaries, especially for the weakened Dragonborn, though the pair manage to overcome each of the Keepers. They return to the prison, finding the barrier down. Valerica warns them as they enter that Durnehviir would be bound to investigate following the destruction of the Keepers and the barrier guarding the prison. As they enter the prison courtyard, a dragon roar is heard in the distance, which is acknowledged by Serana. Abruptly, the undead necromancer dragon perches upon the courtyard wall. The dragon releases a Shout into the air, which summons four balls of purple, flaming energy of which materialize into Bonemen, Mistmen, and Wrathmen. Serana and Valerica deal with the undead lackeys, while the Dragonborn uses the Dragonrend Shout to bring Durnehviir to the ground. As the Dragonborn charges at Durnehviir, the dragon uses a full Drain Vitality shout, bringing the already-weakened Dragonborn to his knees. Before Durnehviir could land a killing bite, Serana rushes to the Dragonborn's aid, launching an ice spike into Durnehviir's eye. This gives the Dragonborn enough time to deliver colossal blows to Durnehviir, using all the energy his weakened body could muster up. He manages to stab his sword through Durnehviir's eye and into his brain, killing the dragon. However, instead of absorbing Durnehviir's soul, Durnehviir's body abruptly disappeared within an aura of purple energy. Valerica, dumbfounded, tells the Dragonborn that she'd never thought she'd witness Durnehviir's death, but then comes to the realization that Durnehviir could not be slain by normal means, and could be reconstituting his body, though the duration it would take was indiscernable. Getting back on track, the Dragonborn and Serana follow Valerica into her lab within the courtyard, where Valerica opens a long chest, revealing the final Scroll inside. The Dragonborn collects it, and afterwards Valerica bids them farewell, telling the Dragonborn to keep Serana safe. The two exit the courtyard, to see that Durnehviir has reconstituted himself atop of a small structure in front of the prison. However, Durnehviir wished to speak with the Dragonborn. Durnehviir gives the Dragonborn the title of "Qahnaarin", or Vanquisher in the Dragon Tongue. It appears that even in the Soul Cairn, the news of Alduin's death has reached Durnehviir's ears. Durnehviir requests that the Dragonborn, in a time of need, call his name in Tamriel, and in return, he would teach the Dragonborn his Soul Tear shout. After the conversation with Durnehviir, the Dragonborn and Serana make it back to the portal, and exit the Soul Cairn, now having all three Elder Scrolls in their possession.
 * 6) Uncovering the Prophecy - 3/5/21 - With all three necessary Elder Scrolls relating to the prophecy, the Dragonborn and Serana return to Fort Dawnguard in order to seek Dexion Evicus' assistance once more. However, as they approach him, they notice that he is wearing a blindfold around his eyes. It turns out, in his haste to read the first Elder Scroll, he failed to make the proper preparations, and his sight was taken by the Divines as compensation. However, the Moth Priest informs them of a specific ritual taught to all Moth Priests, yet very few of them ever get to perform it. He informs the two of the location of an Ancestor Glade within Skyrim's pine forest, and that they would need to gather the bark from a canticle tree by using a draw knife found within the glade, and that the bark would attract swarms of a specific type of moth, known as "Ancestor Moths". Once attracting enough swarms, they should be able to read the new Scroll given to them by Valerica. The Dragonborn and Serana trek out into Falkreath Hold, and end up finding the Glade within the foot of the Jerall Mountains. Upon first entering the glade, it doesn't appear to look much like a place where the moths could be found. However, deeper within the glade, the pair discovered a lush environment inside, with moth swarms fluttering about under the light of the sun piercing through a large hole in the glade. At the bottom of a glade resided a draw knife positioned in a circular structure. The Dragonborn retrieved the knife, using it to cut a chunk of bark off from a nearby canticle tree. Sure enough, nearby ancestor moth swarms made their way over to the Dragonborn, starting to swarm him due to their attraction towards the canticle bark. Serana noticed an aura of light emitting from the Dragonborn as more and more moths began to make their way in his direction. She figured that enough swarms would create a protective barrier that would assist him in reading the Scroll. Fortunately for him, the moth swarms were ever-growing as the aura of light glew brighter and brighter. Eventually, he began to glow extremely bright, causing Serana to cover her eyes with her hood. With enough moth swarms surrounding him, the Dragonborn reads the Elder Scroll, with the aura of light and the moth swarms keeping his vision and thoughts straight as he comprehended the visions provided to him by the Scroll. The Scroll revealed the location of Darkfall Cave, where Auriel's Bow resided somewhere within. After the moths dispel and the light fades, the Dragonborn informs Serana of the information he has learned, and that they must set off as soon as possible. Abruptly, a group of vampires and their Death Hounds, Gargoyles, and a Giant Frostbite Spider, engage an ambush attack on the pair, hoping to catch them by surprise. A warning that Harkon knows of their endeavors. The two once more prevail, killing the vampires and their beasts. The two exit the Glade, and make haste towards Darkfall Cave. The cave seems to be an ordinary, yet incredibly dark cave. Nothing of interest, until the Dragonborn and Serana fall down a ravine after the wooden bridge breaks, dragging them down an underwater current, presumably from the Karth River. After killing a few spiders, they make it down to a large portion of the cave, slaying a few trolls. At the end of the cave, a bright light gleamed, revealing what seemed to be a large shrine of some sort, with a pale, white elf guarding it. The mysterious elf says that there is nothing to fear, and reveals himself as Knight-Paladin Gelebor, one of the last remaining Snow Elves. A true Falmer. Gelebor explains how the Falmer, which he refers to as "The Betrayed", had infilitrated the Inner Sanctum and corrupted his brother, Arch-Curate Vyrthur. If the two were to make it to the Inner Sanctum and slay Arch-Curate Vyrthur, he would relinquish Auriel's Bow. After a bit of conversation, Gelebor provides the Dragonborn with the Initiate's Ewer, and wishes the two safety as they enter the portal within what Gelebor referred to as a "Wayshrine".
 * 7) The Forgotten Vale - 5/10/21 - Now within the depths of Darkfall Cave, the Dragonborn finds himself once more dealing with the Falmer. The twisted creatures prove to be quite a handful, but the two are able to make their way through the Falmer camps, slaying every Falmer and Chaurus within their path. They make it to the end of the cave, where they find a set of pulleys. Serana tells the Dragonborn to proceed with caution, as whatever resided behind the rock wall was something the Falmer wanted to keep a secret. The Dragonborn winces slightly, and pulls the first pulley, which lifts the wall of stone. Waiting for them on the other side is a sabre cat unlike any sabre cat the Dragonborn has seen. A slender build, but adorning a pitch-black coat, with white streak-like patterns that occasionally glew a bright, bio-luminescent green. The peculiar sabre cat lunges, but the Dragonborn puts a swift end to it by impaling it in the chest. The two enter the hidden portion of the cave, spotting more peculiar sabre cats and a type of deer with a slender frame, small antlers, a black coat, and white patterns that on occasion glew green with bio-luminescence. Nearby, there resided another Wayshrine, with a spectral Prelate guarding it. After the Snow Elf ghost activated the Wayshrine and collected the water within, the Dragonborn and Serana once more went through the portal that opened up within the shrine. The two found themselves at the bottom of what seemed to be a pit. They traversed upwards, sunlight piercing from the top. As they made it to the top, they discovered that they were in what seemed like an unknown world... a Forgotten Vale. After a bit of wandering and collecting more water from the Wayshrines, the Dragonborn and Serana found themselves at the Wayshrine of Resolution, the second-to-last Wayshrine, positioned in front of a frozen lake. Feeling the energy of a Word of Power, the Dragonborn was drawn to the lake, much to the questioning of Serana. Abruptly, the ice on the lake rumbled, and a pair of oddly-framed dragons burst out from the ice, one bearing bright orange and grey-blue colors, while the other displayed a dark, metallic blue color-scheme. However, they were clearly of the same type of dragon. A mysterious dragon that the Dragonborn had never seen before. Revered Dragons. Naaslaarum and Voslaarum. The twins. These dragons seemed to know how to use the frozen lake to their advantage, as one of them divebombed the Dragonborn, knocking him down into the freezing depths of the lake. The frantic Dragonborn swam his way up to the surface, with the dragon swimming rapidly in his direction in order to deliver the killing blow. As Serana pulled the freezing-cold hero to the surface, the Dragonborn found no other alternative, than to summon Durnehviir. Shouting all three words of power composing Durnehviir's name, the undead dragon began to take shape in front of the two. Durnehviir keeps to his promise, teaching the Dragonborn the Soul Tear shout before taking off into the sky and clashing talon-to-talon with the orange-colored Naaslaarum. Voslaarum shortly after emerged from the hole in the ice, letting out a ferocious roar. Together, the Dragonborn and Serana quickly dispatched of the dark-blue colored Voslaarum, while Durnehviir and Naaslaarum fought viciously within the sky; Shouting, biting, clawing, until the undead Durnehviir blasted a miasma of purple gas into the face of Naaslaarum, causing the remaining Revered Dragon to become disoriented, and fall from the sky, crashing through the ice and back into the lake. Durnehviir would dive downwards, going through the hole created by the falling dragon, only to resurface, dragging the heavily disoriented and dazed Naaslaarum by the neck. Durnehviir would let out a shriek before lunging down, tearing out the throat of Naaslaarum. Durnehviir would consume the throat, absorbing Naaslaarum's soul for himself. As the soul of Naaslaarum entered Durnehviir's body, the undead dragon's flesh would bubble, and begin to slightly materialize back to its normal state. Durnehviir then thanks the Dragonborn for summoning him, before disappearing back into the Soul Cairn. Not really wanting to focus on the peculiar nature of what they had just experienced, the Dragonborn approached the Word of Power on the large boulder positioned on the middle of the lake and the two carried onward, making their way through a large ice cave, and through another massive Falmer camp, before finally reaching the final Wayshrine, completely filling the Ewer. The two embellished the glory of the Inner Sanctum, making their way up the stairs, and pouring the water into the drain, which acted as the key to the Sanctum.
 * 8) Kindred Judgement - 6/22/21 - Now inside the Inner Sanctum, the Dragonborn and Serana find the completely-frozen bodies of Falmer and Chauruses, all holding a variation of items. The Dragonborn plucks a healing potion bottle from the hands of one of the frozen Falmer. Abruptly, the Falmer burst free from cryostasis, and began to attack the Dragonborn. However, it was relatively easy to dispatch. The two proceeded their way deeper into the Sanctum, where they found the Arch-Curate upon his throne, protected by a barrier of ice. The Arch-Curate goes on about how he predicted their arrival, before using magic to free the frozen Falmer, Chaurus, and Falmer Shamans from their icy imprisonment, in hopes they would kill the pair. The two held their ground against the walking frozen statues, destroying each of them as they come. Enraged, Vyrthur summons an Ancient Frost Atronach, and commands it to attack them. The atronach puts up a fight, and is incredibly durable, but a well-placed Fire Breath shout from the Dragonborn completely melts the atronach. Now overwhelmed with rage, Vyrthur uses his magic to bring down the Inner Sanctum, the debris knocking the Dragonborn to the ground. Serana quickly comes to the Dragonborn's aid, and assures him that she knows they can take him on. She helps him get up, and the two approach the wounded Arch-Curate. Serana confronts him, commanding him to hand over Auriel's Bow. Vyrthur tells Serana to look into her eyes, and tell him what he is. To Serana's shock, Vyrthur himself is a vampire. Vyrthur explains how he was infected by one of his Initiates, and after turning, Auri-El turned his back on him. Vyrthur schemed against the Patriarchal Elven God, explaining how he needed the bow, as well as the blood of a pure-blooded vampire. This scheme shaped itself as the Tyranny of the Sun prophecy that Harkon had become obsessed with. Serana, infuriated, grabbed Vyrthur by the neck and lifted him into the air, in which Vyrthur responded by using his magic to launch himself and Serana back. The Dragonborn and Serana engaged in combat against Vyrthur, who used his powerful elven magic in order to hold Serana at bay while he blasted a barrage of Snowstorm magic at the Dragonborn. A long battle ensued, with each side taking heavy blows, before the Dragonborn impaled his sword through the head of Vyrthur once he had become weakened, tearing it out through his face. The Dragonborn panted, and helped Serana recover, before Gelebor appeared before their very eyes at the now-restored Sanctum Wayshrine. Gelebor expresses how he feels sad that The Betrayed corrupted Vyrthur, but the Dragonborn informs him that the Falmer were not to blame, as the culprit was Vyrthur's vampirism. Gelebor then expresses his hope that the Falmer would one day shed their hate and learn to believe in Auri-El once again, and learn they were once a proud and prosperous race. Gelebor then provides the Dragonborn with Auriel's Bow and a set of Sunhallowed Elven Arrows. Serana then notifies the Dragonborn that the time has finally come for them to put an end to Harkon. The two then make their way back to Fort Dawnguard, where Isran is astonished and in disbelief at the sight of Auriel's Bow. The Dragonborn tells Isran that the time has come to siege Castle Volkihar. Isran rallies up the Dawnguard, providing a speech about how they finally have the upper hand, and afterwards, they make their way towards Castle Volkihar. The battle starts at the bridge, where the stony Gargoyles break free from their stony casing, and multiple Volkihar vampires charge out in defense of the Castle, however, they are overwhelmed by the Dawnguard. The Dawnguard then barge inside the castle, completely annihilating the vampires and Death Hounds within. The Dragonborn and Serana make their way inside the Volkihar cathedral, where Harkon has been waiting for them. Harkon transforms into his beastly Vampire Lord form, threatening the Dragonborn to hand over Auriel's Bow, and that there wouldn't be a second chance. The Dragonborn refuses, and the battle with Harkon engages. Harkon summons multiple Gargoyles and resurrects a variety of skeletons. Serana keeps them at bay while the Dragonborn clashes with Harkon, slashing wildly. Harkon, however, uses his supernatural reflexes to avoid the attack, and uses his supernatural strength to punch the Dragonborn across the cathedral. The battle continues, and all seems to be in Harkon's favor, until the Dragonborn lands a hit on the shoulder with a Sunhallowed arrow using the bow. Harkon shrieks in pain from the sunburst explosion, being brought to his feet. The Dragonborn charged into action, slashing Harkon multiple times, before being lifted up and launched again by Harkon's telekinesis. As the Dragonborn gets up, Harkon transports himself to the fountain of blood, casting a large, protective ward over himself. The Dragonborn once more knocks in a Sunhallow arrow into Auriel's Bow, and fires it, destroying Harkon's ward. Harkon is brought to his knees, now weakened and extremely vulnerable. As Harkon lifts himself up, the Dragonborn puts a final Sunhallowed arrow into Harkon's chest. Harkon shrieks in agony as the arrow explodes. Harkon shrieks in agony, before bursting into red flames, dissolving into a pile of steaming, bloody ashes. Harkon is dead. The tired, and grateful Serana approaches the Dragonborn, asking what lies ahead of their path. She expresses how much she'd love to travel beside him, in which he responds that he'd be happy to allow her to travel alongside him. Shortly after, Isran enters the cathedral room, finally accepting Serana, and even providing his thanks to her. As the Dragonborn and Serana exit the castle, she notifies him that there's something that she needs to tell him, and as he asks, she quickly interrupts him by giving him a kiss. The camera fades to black, and the credits roll.