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Let's assume this is correct about surface plants needing the raw Magicka from the sun to live.
Blackreach is full of plants, many of which are edible, and receives no sunlight. Humanoids could just start farming the plants from Blackreach along with fungi. That should be enough to sustain a large enough population for Harkon and his court to feed on in their vampire paradise.
I'm surprised Harkon didn't try to take Blackreach for himself. They're immune to Falmer poison, they can use their full power without sunlight, they're smarter and have access to invisibility, illusions, and charms.
In return he could have a country sized cavern, with at least two points of contact to Skyrim one either end, all the dwemer tech to hoard and use with their ancient knowledge. He could subjugate the falmer to be blood livestock, they're already crafted to be good slaves by the dwemer.
He could slowly build up a vampire/thrall/dwemer machine army right under Skyrim then wage war overnight. Could even use dwemer machines by day to maintain territory until you complete this master prophecy you have.
Don't even need the invisibility and illusion underground, just get good at ventriliquism.
I mean, if you're going to force people into an underground cavern, why even have the extra step of blotting out the sun?
No, I'm saying cultivate the plant life from Blackreach on the surface after blotting out the sun
Right, but from their perspective, why do the extra work of blotting out the sun and cultivating plant life on the surface, instead of just using the super strength of the vampires to imprison a few hundred humans in blackreach..
Because someone with the arrogance of Harkon would never lower himself (status-wise) by living underground if he had the choice. He wholeheartedly believes that he should rule over all of Nirn and to do so requires blotting out the Sun. In his eyes the effort is worth it.
Why imprison a few hundred when you could imprison the world?!
Fungi, for the large part, feed on vegetable matter
LOUD BLACKREACH NOISES
I've heard this one before...