Overall the main quest was disappointing, despite the mooted gothic theme of the chapter and the teases on livestreams regarding the intentions of some of the personalities you deal with none of this was realized.
The overall quest seemed railroaded, fed-exy and had no consequence based decisions, the potential rivalry within the vampire clans was not explored and the meaningful encounters seemed both gimmick based, without a sense of achievement or even significantly advancing the story.
If this is the end of the year of the `Vampires' then it was an anticlimactic one, by comparison the Elsweyr and its DLCs had far greater storytelling, immersion and meaningful plot-lines.
The major characters in the story were woefully underused and came across as caricatures rather than rounded individuals, particularly the principal antagonists.
I hope the next chapter reveal in January blows me away, because based on Markarth Im lacking the enthusiasm that this game once evoked.