Harkon

Harkon (Frequently called Lord Harkon) is a Vampire Lord and leader of the Volkihar Vampire Clan for almost a thousand years, until his inevitable defeat by Julius Tyrell and the Dawnguard. He is one of the most ancient and powerful vampires in Skyrim's history.

Early Life
Almost all information on Harkon and his family's history has been lost due to poor record keeping, and is hereby almost completely unknown and/or unverifiable. Harkon was believed to be born sometime around 2 E 540 or 2 E 537 in the city of Morthal, but any information on his childhood, family, and even birthplace are completely unknown.

It is believed he is descended from the farmers in Solitude (as most residents of Hjaalmarch are) that pioneered south after the city's population boomed during the late first era, the same Nords who founded the city of Morthal and the hold of Hjaalmarch, but that is just speculation mostly.

Sometime when Harkon was a young man he got married to Valerica, and they both had one daughter named Serana. Harkon had a stable job as a Wood worker in the largest mill located in the city. It was a stable and quiet life for him and his family.

Alliance War
In 2 E 580 the Alliance War broke out in Tamriel, Harkon joined the war effort in the Ebonheart Pact. Records say he served as a Warrior in the Nords' Main Forces, and received training in combat for three months before being put on the field for the first time.

He was generally average in terms of his rank and fighting abilities, but during one patrol of the Morrowind border a group of Daggerfall Soldiers managed to attack his squadron, killing every soldier except Harkon, only mortally wounding him. He was sent back to Skyrim after this, but was forever damaged by the horrors he saw that night, the intensity of war of violence, he feared his own mortality!