RurouniTim

I was considering doing a new RP as a Vampire and I was pondering something that Harkon says if you play through Dawnguard as a Vampire. Shortly after becoming a Vampire Lord, Harkon says, "I keep a stable of thralls in the castle should you need to feed like the baser vampires to stave off the sun." From the way he says this, can we assume that by TES lore, vampires (Or at least, Vampire Lords) don't need to feed off mortal blood to stay undead? I haven't found anything in Skyrim hinting that Vampires need to drink blood to stay undead.

Blades/Killing Paarthrunax: The blades did help the dragonborn on his quest to defeat Alduin, but they didn't care about what the Dragonborn wanted. In my plathrough the Dragonborn trusted Paarthrunax and the Blades weren't willing to respect his wishes, therefor not truly serving the Dragonborn, but moreso his destiny through their methods. Greybeards/Sparing Paarthurnax: The Greybeards were the more reasonable faction. They summoned the Dragonborn to High Hrothgar and tought him/her the power of the Thuum. Before teaching him/her everything, he/she had to go through a trial, which is reasonable imo. Paarthrunax commited serious crimes to humanity, but I feel like he's redeemed himself. I feel like if Paarthurnax truly was evil, he would've risen to power as soon as Alduin was sent through time. Unlike the Greybeards and the Blades, Paarthurnax never hid anything from the Dragonborn, being completely honest with him. Long story short, I can't kill Paarthurnax without feeling extremely guilty.

I've played through both faction questlines more than once, and they both dissatisfy me. With the stormcloak questline, you help a man become high king who is completely indifferent to the strife and suffering of anyone who is not a nord. Who knows how this blatant racism would've escalated if he became High King with the full suport of the jarls. Yes Ulfric has a just cause to be angry about the outlaw of Talos, but why so long after the white gold concordant? It's all because he wanted to use Talos as a martyr for his rise to high kingdom. If he truly wanted to take a right action, he should've called the citizens of Skyrim to rise arms against the Thalmor. They're the true enemies in all of this. But then, Ulfric wouldn't have become high king, which is what he's truly after. Ulfrics ambiton is furthermore seen at the Greybeard's peace council, where he demands an advancement of his position for a temporary truce. That just seems like a stupidly arrogant thing to do at a peace council.