Skyrim talk:Dark Ancestor

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Questionable Facts[edit]

I was going to fill out this page further but didn't trust the following:

  • Vighar being leveled or just an absolute beast. On par with the Master Volkihar Vampires for me. One of the few fights I almost died in once making my supermax Dragonbone armor set with dual enchantments.
  • Bloodlet Throne being the set location for this quest. It may be a random vampire lair and there just aren't many in the region.
  • Reward. Can't remember if its 750, 1500, or just leveled gold. It wasn't exciting thats for sure.
  • Availability after Fort Neugard. I have avoided the main quest thus far, I do know that things change up in Falkreath during the main questline.

--Bwross 08:37, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Normal boss[edit]

I had a mission from Gunmar to kill the boss vampire in the fort and before going there talked to dengeir but the quest is not in my journal and the boss vampire is not called vighar. Can I somehow complete this quest anyway? — Unsigned comment by 82.73.72.148 (talk) at 11:58 on 4 November 2012‎

I guess you could just go there and see if it is reset with Vighar? When I played through just recently and went there on the quest the boss was not called Vighar, but the quest updated anyway when I killed the boss. —MortenOSlash (talk) 16:59, 6 January 2013 (GMT)
This particular issue was confirmed by the USKP team and has something to do with there being two versions of this quest which run at the same time. There also may be some sort of mismatch with the aliases on these two quests as well. --Blackpete (talk) 07:35, 19 January 2014 (GMT)

Easy way to beat Vighar[edit]

  • open up the gate, but don't go into the arena
  • use a long range weapon to attack Vighar
  • wait until you've gotten his attention and for him to drop down into the arena
  • close the gate using the pull chain
  • use Skyrim:Fire_Rune to kill Vighar
  • clean up any remaining enemies

I used this method on my second try at Vighar, and didn't have any issues. Once I closed the door, he just stood in the middle of the arena and let me Fire Rune him. I'm guessing this is because there's no way to open up the door from inside the arena.

Rebelcan (talk) 06:29, 15 January 2013 (GMT)

Grave and wolves[edit]

Just a couple of things. Firstly, Dengeir mentions the open grave, but I can't find one. Is there not actually an open grave in the cemetery or am I being a sleepy dullard and missing it...? Secondly, I have Dawnguard installed and, like the article says, every time I have visited with my other characters the wolves are replaced by death hounds. Apart from just now, when I went in and they were normal wolves. This happened to anyone else? I'm level 26 and have completed the Dawnguard quest line if that's of any use. Ta. AyaHawkeye (talk) 17:04, 26 May 2013 (GMT)

I can confirm that they were normal wolves for me and not Death Hounds. It could be related to the named vampire being spawned and normal Death Hounds will be there with a generic Vampire Boss if Dawnguard is installed.--72.91.149.47 19:59, 9 June 2013 (GMT)Archmage Darium

Availability?[edit]

I do not understand - is this quest supposed to be available ONLY if you've sided with the Stormcloaks and Deigneir has become Jarl of Falkreath? I have sided with the Empire and finished the Civil War in its favor, and I can't seem to trigger the mission... Thanks to whoever will answer me! --82.61.90.84 20:55, 31 July 2013 (GMT)

I have done it both ways. Have you done the prerequisite quest Some Light Theft yet? —MortenOSlash (talk) 21:06, 31 July 2013 (GMT)

No howling? And another thing[edit]

According to the article, you're supposed to hear howling wolves when you enter the fort, but I didn't hear anything. Obviously not a major thing, but I'm just curious if that's correct or not.

Also, unrelated to the howling, the first enemies I encountered were a Vampire and her Thrall, not two Vampires. Are the Thralls included in the category of 'leveled Vampires'? Obax (talk) 04:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)