Harkon is crazy, but there's a very good reason for it. (Or, complete overhaul of the MQ and Dawnguard to make them a lot more epic, make sense more, and less disjointed. With the stakes higher than they have ever been before, how could they prevent two potential gates to the apocalypse? An unlikely alliance with a disillusioned Akaviri-born vampire slayer is Serana's only hope in stopping the Tyranny of the Sun, but the arrival of the dragons begin to complicate Lord Harkon's crusade. The next moment, she wakes up with a crossbow bolt aimed at her heart. One moment, Serana was a blood starved vampire trapped in a stone coffin. aela/lydia is very background in this story.Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death.