Why Harkon Is An IDIOT - Skyrim Dawnguard Vampire Lore

Harkon's biggest mistake is letting his daughter's dragon killing demigod boyfriend waltz around in his castle.

His Speech and Illusion are maxed out on Legendary, its so high that he even fooled himself into thinking his plan would work.

If only he decided to renovate the castle at least once in the last few hundred years he would have probably found his wife

Harkon: Blocks out Sun Humans and Elves disappear Harkon: Task failed successfully

Maybe if harkon was smart then he’d figure out how to wear a hood

This guys problem solving skills are on point with a 5 year old -The sun hurts my eyes, break the sun

Harkon could've used some illusion magic to make his castle look like a giant iceberg, which fits well with Volkihar lore. But the devs says nah.

Harkon: I offer you power! Dragonborn: "I can literally devour a dragons soul, ragdoll people if I want to and everyone practically worships me as a God. I've got enough power for my liking thanks."

He should've been more aggressive against the dawnguard during the story if you went for the dawnguard route

Theres also the thing that: If Harkon defeats (aka kills) the Dragonborn BEFORE Alduin is killed....what exactly makes him think he can stop the dragon invasions? There literally breathing fire and only the Dragonborn can kill them permanently. Harkon would just set his own doom

I fought harkon... I had to try and not kill him quickly and i was about lv 50... That's not a FINAL boss... the fkn Soul Cairn Dragon was SOO MUCH MORE TERRIFYING

Harkon: I don't expect you to understand. Avarti: Understand what? That without the sun, all of the plantlife's gonna die, which is gonna kill all the animals, which is gonna kill all the people, which is eventually gonna kill all the vampires... Harkon: Wait wait wait wait.. can... can you say all of that again?

I like how you can just shoot the sun with the bow after you kill him.

This reminds me of The Senile Scribbles' take on the sheer stupidity of Harkon's plan: Dovahkiin: "Stop all the sunlight which kills off all the plants, which kills off all the animals which kills off all the humans, which kills off all the vampires." Harkon: "...wait, can you repeat that?"

I remember coming to the castle before even know what's the big deal. There was just that one guy telling me to piss off and a locked gate. Sounds very sneaky and not suspicious at all.

You should do Malyn Varen from Azura's quest. He trapped himself in a soul gem with nothing to do for all of eternity just to be immortal.

Wouldn't the Falmer and all of the plants in blackreach overrun Nirn?. They are used to living in pitch black caves after all. The vampires could feed off the Falmer

To be fair... the sun in the Elder Scrolls isn’t the same as our sun. I dunno if Mundus acts the same way, because it’s not a star

I feel like it was one of those "we are gonna make the villain so absolutely stupid, no player would want to side with him so we don't have to take the writing in that direction and save us some work" moments.

When I played trough Dawnguard I thought Harkon was depressed and wanted to die. But he's too proud to take his own life so instead he opted to destroy the world and himself in the process. Think about it, out of all the vampires in castle Volkihar, he is the most isolated. He stays in his room and talks to nobody, while his advisers and generals bicker among themselves and plot against him openly. There are some more signs there. Like how all the vampires live in squalor, the castle is constantly dirty with blood and the garden in the courtyard of the castle is dead and overgrown with weeds. The whole building is mostly empty, every banner is faded and torn the place is in total disarray, much like the psyche of its master. The vampire maintains the illusion of lordly arrogance to maintain a semblance of control over his own existence but the truth is that he lost his mind a long time ago, somewhere along the road he also lost his will to live. That's why his plan is so random. He holds on to this strange idea of the prophesy like a madman, knowing full well that it spells his and the entire world's doom.