1. Can they breed?
2. Do they need to eat?
3. Where do they live?
4. Do they venture the lands outside Skyrim?
5. Are they vulnerable to disease or infections?
6. How do they learn shouts?

1. I'd rather not think of dragon "hanky panky"
2.Yep, if you look at there mountain top lairs you'll often see mammoth skeletons. I Skyrim, the 1st dragon you kill has the remains of a Guard in him.
3.Mountains
4.Well the used to be worshipped in Atmora, so thet would have been there. They are also (supposedly) originally from Akavir. In TES Daggerfall the dragon Skakmat lives in High Rock, there was also the dragon Naafaliargus(sp) was hired by the Empire and later slain in Stro M'kai. the Dragon Ahbiilok was run off in to Morrowind by the Blades.
5. Probably not
6. The "shouts" are just words in their actual language. So them learning to speak IS them learning shouts.

Then why dont they all use alduins Resurrection and meteor storm shouts?

1. Can? No idea. Do they? Not as far as we know.
2. No idea. They wouldn't die from not eating (like a vampire wouldn't), though I don't think it's mentioned whether they do or not.
3. Wherever they want. There is/was one in Vvardenfell, and there was at least one in Black Marsh. There were also bunches in Akavir, though they're presumed all dead (or enslaved) by now.
4. Yes.
5. No idea. I believe you can use poisons on them in-game, but that may just be gameplay mechanics.
6. Its an inherent part of their speech, which they've had since their creation at creation.

Maybe they cant yell those words loud enough to make it work

1. No. They are timeless. All Dragons are from dawn onward.
2. I don't think so. They are divine and immortal. I suppose they could if they wanted, but it'd be unnecessary. The closest thing to eating would be the devouring of souls that Alduin does. Also, the skeletons in their lairs implies eating, but only guarantees killing.
3. Wherever suits them probably, typically mountainous areas.
4. It's been said that Cliffracers drove them out of Morrowind, so yes. There's no real reason why they wouldn't, for that matter, aside from the reasons given above.
5. Dubious, but not something that can really be said for certain. I'll point out their divinity again. Of course, I'm sure something like Corpus could be created to infect them, but Corpus is special.
6. I don't think they do. They probably can shout whatever it is they understand. If they learn something new, a new idea, a new direction*, I would expect that they could shout it. It is their language, after all.
*Direction being metaphorical

Basically all I can say is that most of our knowledge of Dragons is superficial.

In regards to whether or not they can breed, there isn't any actual information in regards to it. The one sliver of Dragonlings in Daggerfall are as it turns out, not dragons at all. The Dragons appear to be all masculine, and if we go by word of Paarthurnax, they are not 'born' as one would normally think.

EDIT: About Alduins shouts, those may be unique to him only. A hellish storm of fire and a unique connection to time that makes it so that the dragons never even died are probably due to his connection to his function as a destroyer, and link to Time. It would probably be similar to how dragons cannot properly use Dragonrend due to it being a mortal creation.

I think they are more feminine.

I never see any.... dangling bits.....

They don't breed. They don't seem to have sixes either. (unless they're the male counterparts to Jills.)

They seem to eat, but it's hard to say what their diet would be.
They seem to have a fondness for mountaintops. Though Dragons have been encountered underground (Nafaalilargus under Stros M'kai, and that dragon in Blackreach).
Yes, although I doubt most provinces have dragon populations as high as Skyrim's during TES V.
We've never seen a dragon get sick.

most reptilian creatures don't have "Dangling bits" their genitalia comes out of a pocket (of sorts) in the groin area

/itwasaJOKE

We have conflicting sources. Daggerfall has "Dragon Eggs" and "Dragonlings". The manual for Daggerfall as well as a book on Dragons in Skyrim called "There Be Dragons" indicate that these weren't actual Dragons but a species of overgrown lizard. That same book claims that Daedra who were interviewed on the subject of Dragons said that the Dragons were similar to Daedra in that they weren't born and don't reproduce, and never die of old age.


I think they do have some basic biological needs, like eating, sleeping, breathing etc. There always appear to be bones around their roosts and lairs. One can assume they kill monsters, people and animals and feed on their flesh.



Are you asking about their origins or their actual nests? Some sources indicate they originated in Akavir, a continent far to the East of Tamriel. Some may still live there although mythology states they became extinct. A race known as the Ka'Po'Tun, a Tiger people unrelated to the Khajiit are said to be able to transform their bodies into those of Dragons though.

As for where they live day to day, they have roosts. Nests. Perches. Whatever you want to call them. All of the ones who live in Skyrim seem to prefer remote, elevated areas. The one in Redguard lived in a large dungeon or cave, but he was guarding something for the Empire.



They either originated in Akavir to the East or Atmora to the North, and they lived all over Tamriel at one point.



Well, I'm not sure about diseases, but Esbern claims the Akaviri warriors might have used a potion to weaken them. In Skyrim, they're not immune or resistant to poisons and my characters use them in fights against Dragons. They are immune to aging, however, and live forever if not slain.


They don't need to learn them. They knew them from the beginning, since Akatosh shed his own heart scales to make their bodies. They were created fully literate and fully trained in the Thu'um. It's intrinsic to their being.

Here's an interesting suggestion, how about we stop talking about reptilian dangling bits?