Super excited about Dawnguard and was pleasantly surprised about the Announced Trailer.
I've gone ahead and did a breakdown of the scenes i could see from the Trailer

If you wish, play the trailer and navigate to the timeframes that i mentioned.
I provide my speculations on what they are probably showing.

Overall quite a nice trailer, seems very mature and dark in theme, although doesn't look like
a very big DLC being that vampires and vampire hunters seem to be the main focus so far.

About the Narrator's voice. Did they get someone famous to voice it? Or another Bethesda Voice Actor?

0:05
Shows a fortress across an ocean. Most likely it'll be set in the ocean area north of WInterhold given its snowy look.

0:10
Narrator either says
"You have returned my daughter" or "You have returned. My Daughter"
It appears that that is either the player, or the narrator's daughter.
She also seems to be wearing a cape and has an elder scroll strapped on her back.

0:15
Narrator's eyes look very fiery. Doesn't look like a normal Skyrim Vampire eye texture. Looks very good tho.

0:21
Obviously showing a Vampire Lord transformation as shown in the Gamejam.

0:25
Thats Namira's Altar rite? I dun remember seeing it animated with blood flowing like that.

0:26
New floating animation as a vampire lord

0:29
New feeding animation as a vampire. No more feeding on sleeping people

0:35
Appropriately creepy atmosphere. New sky texture?

0:41
Obviously showing the HQ of the Dawnguard
Anyone recognize if this castle is already in Vanilla Skyrim? Or a new castle?

0:47
Lady firing a Crossbow. She also appear to be wearing a new armor. New Dawnguard Armor?

0:50
The guy also seems to be wearing a new armor.

0:52
I could be mistaken here, but it seems that the Eagle Eye perk now allows you to zoom in much closer. Possible expansion of the current perk trees?

0:54
New gargoyle creature bursting out of a stone

0:55
Falmer getting slashed. But this falmer looks abit reddish then usual.
And looking at the surrounding, i'd say part of Dawnguard's quest will go to
the Snow Elf prince underground ice palace or something? New species of Falmer?

0:56
The Crossbow in First Person Mode

0:57
Player fighting an Ogre? Or a new type of Giant?
The height looks just a little shorter then Skyrim's vanilla Giants.

0:58
New special effects of Bats morphing. Probably a new death animation

1:00
Mounted Combat using an Axe. The horse skin texture looks new.
Horse seems to have a muzzle/harness not seen before in vanilla Skyrim.

1:02
Cool new kill animation as a Vampire Lord. Lift victim up using the "Force" and drain his blood or something.

1:04
New Horse with Blue Fire Streaks. Player also appears to be wearing another new armor.

1:05
Dragon diving into ice. This does not make sense lol and looks abit silly with the poor dragon smashing his head into the ice lol!!
Is it a new dragon behavior? Or a scripted scene? Does this mean that there is underwater combat now?

1:06
Player unfurling an Elder Scroll.
This will be the 2nd time that player unfurls an Elder Scroll in Skyrim.
For players who sold the Elder Scroll to the Orc in Winterhold, what is going to happen?
Is this a new Elder Scroll? The last time we used a scroll, we got teleported back in time.
Will player also be teleported back in time? Perhaps to meet the Snow Elves before they became Falmers?

1:12
Whiterun Dragonsreach appears to be a focal point in this expansion also with that black orb of darkness materializing in the sky.

1:17
I didn't quite catch what the narrator said at the end.

It sounds either :
And the tyranny of the sun "SHALL BE IT" or And the tyranny of the sun "SHELL IT"

Both versions don't make sense lol. Did anyone catch what was being said at the end?

EDIT:
Okay he says "The Tyranny of the Sun Shall End"
Thanks jtuwood for the info.

You missed the point that the elder scroll shows a map over the reach

Good dissection.

People on gameinformer are swearing that they see someone riding a dragon but I cannot find it. Probably trolls.

Shows a map over the reach? You mean the Elder Scrolls is showing a map?

great breakdown
guess we will just have to wait to see how right you were

Yes, a map of the fjords between Markarth and Solitude. You can see the Markarth symbol (the horned skull) in the lower left corner (it is glowing red). The solitude wolf can also be seen in the upper left corner.

Can't wait, srsly i get mad thinking of it we need more content.

That is Molag Bal's alter, not Namira's.

Pretty sure there's a "to" in there. "You have returned to my daughter." Not sure what that means, though.

The altar with the stones and the blue fire seen before the Daedric looking plane with the Stonehenge looking stones, seems almost to be a staircase leading into a portal, I Imagine you will use that altar looking staircase as a portal into the vampire Sovngarde looking world where you will find the castle with the floating rocks, and possible be able to feeed on the souls of the dead there Alduin style.

the tyranny of the sun shall end
thats what he says

And what is so hard to believe about a dragon smashing down into a frozen lake?

its a molag bal altar, he made vampires you know what that means! AVATARS OF MOLAG BALS all round

Oh nothing, i just find it a bit funny why he'd want to do that tho.
1) Is it trying to reach somewhere hidden underwater?
2) Is it a vampire dragon and wants to escape the sun by diving underwater?
3) Is it just feeling suicidal?
4) Is it just another silly Bethesda Dragon bug?

Btw, the horse with blue flames is definitely skeletal. Looks to be a blue flame version of the "Ghost Rider" horse, if you ask me. Something from an undead plane, but not the same as how Shadowmere was materialized.

I'll keep checking for more details. Good work on the evaluation so far, though.

He says "And the tyranny of the sun shall end."

Maybe he is trying to catch a narwhal or something?

No offense, but this is a pretty bad dissection considering you ask more questions than given us what it actually says.

He says "The tyranny of the sun shall end." btw

Well considering i do not work at Bethesda, i can only offer speculations on the different scenes that are shown.
Just some things that i observed when viewing the trailer.
Feel free to contribute more info if you think you saw something new.

There is no to in there.


In regards to Dragonsreach appearing in the video, I believe that is there simply to give you a recognizable Skyrim landmark, to show that the effect isn't just limited to the new worldspace introduced by the DLC.

Also the landscape of two shots(the Dawnguard fortress and the crossbow shooting lady) reminds me of the Rift environment. Maybe south of Riften, past the BORDER >:~D

I believe that where its going is another realm hidden beneath the ice. I know, sounds strange but don't those one Vampires live below the ice?

Your wrong, listen to it again.

full line of dialouge from him.

"You have found our fortress. You have returned to my daughter. But what is it you seek? Is it to be one of us? To make the darkness, your own? To feast on the souls of the living... and the dead? Or are you with them... The Dawnguard? They think they can stop us, but we will find them. The Elder Scrolls will be mine, and the Tyranny of the sun, shall end!"

According to the Lore forum, it actually looks more closely related to Namira than Molag Bal, even though Molag supposedly created them.

And for OP, the creature @00:57 is a Karstaag, a giant from Solstiem/Skyrim. (You kill one in Bloodmoon, if you recall.)

Edit: Also, it is theorized that the place is actually a realm, either Namira's or Coldharbour (Molag Bal's)

It certainly does look interesting.


Reviews from 360 gamers will likely decide whether or not I get it.