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</div><br/><br/>In the Fourth Era the Dawnguard was reformed amidst rumors of the increase in Vampire activity it however failed to amass massive success in recruits leaving it in a position susceptible to attack naturally allowing the vampire threat to multiply behind their backs. The few that had joined arms in the Dawnguard had done so mostly for the hefty sum of gold being offered by Isran. Among them Lyara Avenborn one of the veteran soldiers at the fort had worked alongside Isran to re-establish the fort in its former glory.<br/><br/><i>Under the orders of Isran the Dawnguard led its first major quest to the Broken Fang Cave a place where countless deaths had been reported by the locals. The sayings were of vampires dragging their victims to their deaths none had dared to traverse deeper after a group of Whiterun soldiers never saw daylight, with their whereabouts unknown the Jarl of Whiterun Balgruff The Greater had asked the Dawnguard for help. Not one to deny such a request Isran made a swift decision to send off Lyara with the rest of the veterans at Fort Dawnguard. A grave mistake on his behalf one he'd regret for the remainder of his life or rather one he wouldn't be allowed to forget by Lyara. <br/>
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The mission had been a success concluding a few casualties the Dawnguard could not afford, while the others celebrated Lyara grew restless, there had been no letters from her Husband nor her Daughter back at Redwater Village North of Riften something that hadn't ever happened before in her 6 years of work under the Dawnguard she hadn't once been on a mission without receiving a letter from back at home her fears were confirmed as news spread across Riften of a coordinated attack by a group of vampires. They had overtook the village leaving hardly any able bodied men alive while the whereabouts of women and children remained a mystery. <br/>
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There hadn't been any time to rest a furious Lyara made haste to Redwater Village with the others preparing for the worst. The vampires had taken a hold of the city feeding off the citizens and discarding the bodies one by one outside the city, everyone had been too petrified to make a move lest the Dawnguard arrive the rumors were there was "something else" leading the vampires something... even more terrifying. <br/>
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Blood trailed down the wet mud carried by the rain pounding away at the heap of bodies placed over another haphazardly. Thunder masked the footsteps of the Dawnguadians sneaking up to the village through an opening east of the entrance by a broken barrier. The place had been ill-equipped for such an attack it was simply a farming village for the settlers in Riften looking for work outside the city. Lyara's chest pounded violently with each step she held her breathe glancing at the bodies for any signs of her family taking a breath of relief upon seeing there were none. Fear clogged her stomach as her throat tightened upon laying sights at a group of vampires drinking away at the lifeless bodies of the villagers she once knew. <br/>
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The soldiers shared glances at each other, some with a dash of fear in their eyes while the veterans clenched their swords tight as the hatred channeled itself into an almost simultaneous undecipherable cry of war, others shouted "STENDAAR PRESERVE US!!!" followed by their swords meeting flesh in a matter of seconds... Echoes plagued the battlefield of screams, the clashing of steel and the monstrous shrieks of the vampires while Lyara pushed through towards their house. A clean cut at one of the vampires lunging towards her. A stab through the throat of another ending him as fast he tried with her Silver Sword. The thunder grew louder as her steps closed in towards the door of their house blood oozed out from beneath the battered wooden door. Her teeth clenched as she gripped harder on her sword just before she kicked the door open. <br/>
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What was seen past the door petrifies Lyara to this day unable to recall it all... Her family had been slaughtered in front of her eyes by a Vampire Lord if only she had arrived sooner perhaps she would've felt the warmth of her daughter. Or was it was Isran's fault? what did it matter now anyways? their bodies lay motionless in the pool of blood as she fell to her knee's clenching her fist in the splatter of crimson blood on the floor letting out a massive scream her voice crackled leaving her as she continued. Lord Harkon's feet landed in front as he took her by the throat while she hopelessly tried slashing at him. A wretched smile formed on his disfigured face. "You humans are weak." He spoke in a deep growl hurling her across the rooms on a stone wall, a piercing cry left her preceded by the sound of her ribs cracking. "Come find me if there is truth to that hatred of yours huma-"  Her conscious left her  as she blacked out . The Dawnguardians rushed their way following the noise while a pair of bats flew past them into the darkness of the night. "By the gods... Lyara..."</i>