I'm always finding ways to try and justify what my character does and why. It's difficult, but I want to get the most I possibly can out of the game without going completely Mary Sue (admittedly impossible in the Elder Scrolls universe) or making my character "not possibly able to exist." Meaning, I can't bite off more than I can logically chew.

Now, I have a goal in mind, here: get the most out of Vampire Lord and Werewolf. I've never paid attention to or cared about these before, but I'm finding them interesting now with Dragonborn being released.

My tentative character path would look something like this (oh, and he's a nord):

Start main quest up to Jurgen Windcaller
Join the Stormcloaks
Finish Stormcloaks
Join Companions
Become werewolf
Harm companions (I think there's a quest you can get if you do something dishonorable? Can't remember)
Join Dark Brotherhood
Finish Dark Brotherhood

Now here's where things get kind of... well, difficult. The Dark Brotherhood seems to establish your religion for you (something I despise), but... ok, Night Mother, I can work with it. Yeah. I'll revisit the temple from time to time to make some extra money, I suppose, just to remain a part of all that business.

But anyway, my problem: I want to join the Volkihar Vampires. I thought about the Dawnguard at first, but I've already experienced them and... I don't know. Wanna try something different. So alright, I'll join them, cure the Werewolfness in me (I plan on gaining it back later), and now I'm a full-fledged, undead immortal hunter.

I have two questions: would it be feasible for a "Night Mother" worshipper to go into a predominantly Molag Bal-supporting setting? Is there anything that leads my character into praising Molag Bal? Can I just retain worship-neutrality here? I'm uncertain. Well, that was more than two... but yeah.

Alright, my next problem: I don't want to stay as a Vampire Lord. I don't want everything I've done here to just kind of drop off the face of the earth -- I feel like there should be a reason for blocking the tyranny of the sun, and for some reason the Bloodmoon is so similar to this act of... defying the natural world. I won't go too far into that, but would there be any real reason for me to block out the sun if I'm not a vampire? I almost feel like, if there's any hint at being able to lean this way, curing my vampirism and then constantly blocking out the sun would be an awesome way to betray and kill off the remaining vampires after discovering you don't want to be a part of them anymore (for whatever reason I have yet to figure out).

Interestingly, I plan on marrying someone (not sure who -- probably Uthgerd the Unbroken) and making them into a Vampire Lord before I cure mine. I feel like something trippy would happen once I decide to restore my werewolf form and finish off the Companions line. So yeah, the rest would go something like this:

Finish Companions (after regaining their trust or something)
Continue main quest
Possibly oppose the thieves guild? (jarl of Riften, yadda-yadda... not sure of any real reason to oppose them as Dark Brotherhood, especially when seeking their aid, but I also support the Stormcloaks and Mjoll is interesting to work with)
Join College of Winterhold (only on the grounds that I tell them I'm the Dragonborn -- this character isn't a mage by any means, never will be, and will only learn the Lesser Ward spell for purposes of demonstration.)

Here's where my next conflict lies. So I'm at this point the Harbinger of the Companions, the Listener for the Night Mother, and the... leader of the Volkihar vampires, I suppose? A lot of things. The reason I want to pick up the College of Winterhold is so that I can get all of the dragon priest masks, but I find myself having trouble justifying joining the college. My easiest answer is that, obviously, I'm the only person who can wield one of the most ancient forms of magic around... you'd better let me in. He won't bother using any spells other than shouts (And I would pick up Spellbreaker if not for paradoxically worshipping another Daedric Lord in the mix). Once I become the Archmage of the College, I feel as though I should know more magic or be more... I don't know, into it? Just like with Savos, I know that I can use the excuse that my duties take me elsewhere and let Tolfdir handle it all, but I'm the werewolf husband of a vampire lord wife who's mainly a warrior blessed with the knowledge of how to use ancient magic (shouts). Hopefully they still accept me being Archmage!

Anyway... so at that point, finish off the main story (having no idea what to tell the gatekeeper in Sovngarde -- probably Companions, help me out here?) and wait patiently for Dawnguard to come to PC. Oh, and I'll join the Blades -- nothing too hard to manage there storywise.

So to summarize everything here: I need help figuring out different ways to justify doing all of these things. I can piece together almost everything but the Volkihar Vampire affiliation, since everything else doesn't require direct influence on my part (besides the Dark Brotherhood) to run properly. I suppose then I'd be more attuned to the Dark Brotherhood than anything else, but I want to play along the lines of a "regaining honor" route, or at least willing to go back into the Companions and advise them as Harbinger in a more Dark Brotherhood-esque way. College of Winterhold doesn't mean much to me, but I am curious on this note how to handle the Thieves Guild once I start questing around Riften.

But alright, sorry about that guys! These are really just nonsensical rants on my end, but I could use any help possible in justifying this course of action! I'm curious about the whole werewolf-husband vampire lord-wife bit (now that I think about it, Mjoll would be an interesting fit to this role). I believe the game makes it possible with the right quest from the Volkihar guys, but... yeah, thanks!