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39 - The Story of Skyrim: Dawnguard & Dragonborn · Mythic Mind Games

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  Speaker 1: Hey, there, Mythic mind Games listener. Today I'll be providing
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  Speaker 1: you with the back to back story summaries for Skyrim's DLC,
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  Speaker 1: Don Guard and Dragonborn, in preparation for the general chat
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  Speaker 1: that I'll be posting tomorrow. I hope you enjoy. In
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  Speaker 1: the shadowed fringes of Skyrim, whispers of a vampire's scourge
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  Speaker 1: echo through the holds, as a plague of bloodthirsty Volkhar
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  Speaker 1: vampires are rising under their lord Hearken. Drawn by these omens,
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  Speaker 1: you journey to Fort Donguard, where a hardened veteran Ye's
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  Speaker 1: Run rebuilds its ancient order of crossbows and silver wielding hunters,
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  Speaker 1: and he recruits you to stem the tide. Your first
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  Speaker 1: hunt leads you deep into dim hollow crypt, a labyrinth
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  Speaker 1: of death, where you pry open a glowing often, and
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  Speaker 1: from it emerges Serrana, an enigmatic pure blood vampire clutching
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  Speaker 1: an elder scroll. Wary but bound by duty, you escort
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  Speaker 1: her across the sea to Castle Vocahar, her foreboding island layer,
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  Speaker 1: shrouded and mist. There Hearken. Sarana's ruthless father reveals his
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  Speaker 1: apocalyptic ambition, the Tyranny of the Sun prophecy, with which
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  Speaker 1: he seeks to blot out daylight forever, unleashing vampiric domination.
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  Speaker 1: He tempts you with immortality as a vampire lord, but
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  Speaker 1: at least in this telling, you refuse. Fleeing with Sarana
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  Speaker 1: back to the dawnkar yes Ron bolsters his ranks. You
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  Speaker 1: track down that master smith Sorene, the beast tamer Gunmar,
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  Speaker 1: and the priest Florentius Banius, forging a strong force of
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  Speaker 1: light to stand against the darkness. In order to decipher
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  Speaker 1: Sarana's scroll, you're in need of a moth priest, whom
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  Speaker 1: you eventually track down and free from vampiric thraldom. The
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  Speaker 1: moth priest Dexian, reads the Elder Scroll unveiledelling fragments of
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  Speaker 1: the prophecy, but it demands the Blood and Dragon Elder
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  Speaker 1: Scrolls to further unravel, and in exchange for this knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: the priest loses his vision, as many moth priests have
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  Speaker 1: before him. But with the information that he purchased with
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  Speaker 1: his sight, you are able to go forth and scour
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  Speaker 1: Skyrim's ruins for clues. While infiltrating Volcahar's underbelly in search
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  Speaker 1: of Seranus mother Valerica. Her trail leads through a tragic
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  Speaker 1: and dismal keep to a portal into the Bleak Soul Care,
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  Speaker 1: an oblivium plane of trapped souls. There amids skeletal horrors
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  Speaker 1: and the dreaded ideal Masters and the undead dragon Dernevier.
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  Speaker 1: You battle Valerica's captors to retrieve the elder scroll that
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  Speaker 1: she possesses. You travel to Ancestor Glade and undergo a
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  Speaker 1: ritual that allows you to harmonize the scrolls to reveal
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  Speaker 1: the final piece Ril's bow hidden in the Forgotten Veil's
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  Speaker 1: icy caverns. Fighting and dodging farmer ambushes and spectral trials,
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  Speaker 1: you eventually find Vither, the Archcurate of Aria, forsaken by
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  Speaker 1: his lord to vampirism, now seeking revenge against Ariel in madness,
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  Speaker 1: he authored the prophecy to corrupt Ariel's bow, but when
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  Speaker 1: he is readily defeated, you claim the bow for yourself.
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  Speaker 1: You wield the Beau's solar fury, assault Castle Volcahar and
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  Speaker 1: call the vampiric threat, but you still must confront Herkin himself.
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  Speaker 1: He awaits you, transformed into a colossal Vampire Lord, but
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  Speaker 1: you loose sun hallowed arrows from Ariel's bow into his flesh,
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  Speaker 1: shattering Hearken's illusions of eternal night. Hearken perishes and his
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  Speaker 1: dream is eclipsed. Srana now ponders a cure for her curse,
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  Speaker 1: but her fate is yours to counsel the Volkahar crumble.
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  Speaker 1: Its castle becomes a bulwark for the Dawn Guard, which
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  Speaker 1: now stands boldly in the light. You have shattered Hearken's
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  Speaker 1: dark ritual slighting the vampire Lord atop his throne and
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  Speaker 1: ending his tyranny, thereby restoring light to Skyrin, though the
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  Speaker 1: shadows of choice linger for those who might still embrace
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  Speaker 1: the night. As the dragon ball fresh from slagh Aldoin,
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  Speaker 1: you wander Skyrim's holds when Robed cultis ambush you, snarling
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  Speaker 1: that you are a false prophet, that they're master mey
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  Speaker 1: awaits on soulsim from their bodies, you recover a blood
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  Speaker 1: stained note that reveals their orders, and so you book
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  Speaker 1: a passage from Windhelm's docks to the ash choked Isle,
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  Speaker 1: docking amid raven Rock's weary miners around the Earth's stone,
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  Speaker 1: enthralled workers chant Meak as they build pointless shrines. You
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  Speaker 1: press on to the island's heart and you find the
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  Speaker 1: Temple of Mehrak. As you battle mind slave Thralls and
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  Speaker 1: ancient dragger there, Freya, Fierce, daughter of the Skull, fights
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  Speaker 1: at your side. She reveals that Myrak's mental enslavement is
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  Speaker 1: operating through the all maker stones, and once you finish
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  Speaker 1: the temple, you go with her back to the Skull village.
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  Speaker 1: You find the shaman Storm entranced building a twisted altar.
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  Speaker 1: Once you free his mind, he awakens gasping warnings the
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  Speaker 1: first dragon Boorn's return, and he bids you to cleanse
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  Speaker 1: the remaining sacred stones, the Waterstone, the Windstone, and the Sunstone.
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  Speaker 1: As you do so, Myrak's grip shatters island wide. During
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  Speaker 1: your ventures, dragons assail you and you vanquish them, as
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  Speaker 1: is your custom, But now it is only for Mirak
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  Speaker 1: to steal their souls mid ritual, mocking you from Afar.
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  Speaker 1: To counter him, you ally with Nieloth, the arrogant Talvanni mage,
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  Speaker 1: in his mushroom tower, in search of the Black Books
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  Speaker 1: of Hermiaeus Mora, which will allow you to track down Mirak.
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  Speaker 1: You enter the sunken duemmer ruin of Ta Kardak, and
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  Speaker 1: you flood and pump the chambers. You best automatons, and
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  Speaker 1: you finally seize the Black Book, waking dreams. Reading it
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  Speaker 1: hurls you into apocrypha, endless stacks of forbidden tons and
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  Speaker 1: consuming knowledge, the realm of the tentacled Daydrich Prince Hermiaus Mora.
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  Speaker 1: Another black book, The Gardener of Men, leads to the
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  Speaker 1: twisted realm again. You traverse green glowing chapters, solving puzzles
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  Speaker 1: amid poisonous mists, and tell Hermaeus Mora himself manifests a
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  Speaker 1: writhing mass of eyes and tentacles. He reveals Mirak plan
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  Speaker 1: to return into rule Tamriel, offering you his power if
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  Speaker 1: you slay his disobedient champion. In exchange, he demands storn
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  Speaker 1: soul for the skull secrets. The shaman sacrifices himself, granting
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  Speaker 1: you the forbidden knowledge. You track Mirak down, and at
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  Speaker 1: his pinnacle his hidden layer, Mirak awaits armored and bones
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  Speaker 1: and dragon priest's masked, orbiting him. Condemned long ago by
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  Speaker 1: Hermiaus Mora for rebellion. This is where Mirak hides in exile.
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  Speaker 1: He dubs you a pretender to the Dragonborn title, and
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  Speaker 1: battle begins. Epic thumb crashes erupt. He slays and resurrects dragons,
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  Speaker 1: but they are no match for your power. As he
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  Speaker 1: weakens Hermiaus Mora himself intervenes, consuming Mirak with his writhing tentacles.
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  Speaker 1: The dragon Born, who sought to consume knowledge for his
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  Speaker 1: own benefit, was finally consumed by the very same knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to your power and the vengeance of Hermiaeus Mora,
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  Speaker 1: you now slim supremacy, soul simus free, and the true
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  Speaker 1: dragon Born stands strong, ready to subdue any remaining serpentine
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  Speaker 1: chaos to his will.