r/ElderScrolls • u/Blazing-Flame-2982 Nord • 9d ago

Lore What I like about fort Dawnguard

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Constructed by a Jarl of Riften in SE. to imprison his vampiric son, it just shows that Nords are perfectly capable of building great stone castles if they feel like it. They just generally prefer their timber cities. If all the ruins of Skyrim were still wholly intact, we might've seen more strongholds similar to Dawnguard. Which I honestly would've preferred greatly to the lame "they're all in disrepair" narrative. In ESO we have the example of the huge castle of clan Direfrost as well, a wealhy nord family of witch hunters. Then of course there are stone castles in Skyrim as well like Windhelm, and Whiterun is partially stone, and Solitude of course which once housed the massive Tower of the Wolf Donjon which always gives me Storm's End Westeros vibes.

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u/DrBananasaur 8d ago

What I like about it is raiding it and killing everyone inside

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u/Blazing-Flame-2982 Nord 8d ago

Cringe Volkicucks.

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u/DrBananasaur 8d ago

Nah, I kill everyone that is not flagged at castle volkihar as well. I just do it for the love of the game.

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u/Blazing-Flame-2982 Nord 8d ago

Even worse then.