Just when did Ulfric train with the Greybeards?

Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:57 pm

Early on with the Greybeards, the DB is told that for anyone NOT of dragon blood, it usually takes years to master just one word of a Shout. But when asking about how Ulfric defeated Torygg, DB gets told that essentially Ulfric "Shouted him to death". That seems to describe a three-word Unrelenting Force at least. So, if each word can take years, and Ulfric learned all three words, AND Ulfric is pointedly not dragonborn, just when did he spend nearly a decade studying with the Greybeards?

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Nathan Maughan
 
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:14 pm

Other accounts say that Ulfric just knocked him down with the shout, then moved in to finish him with his sword. I suspect Ulfric only knows Fus, or maybe Fus Ro. I doubt he knows all three words of unrelenting force. But that would still be a few years of study. I'm not familiar enough with his timeline to know when he had time for that.
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:11 pm

Hmm. I've NEVER heard any NPC mention Ulfric actually using a weapon on Torygg. No hacking, no bashing, no stabbing, no slashing, no blood, no gore. Just Ulfric Shouting and then Torygg was dead.

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Ricky Meehan
 
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:14 pm


Have you talked with Ulfric about it? I'm pretty sure that's his side of the story--that he just knocked him down with the shout, then killed him with his sword.
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:09 pm

Follow the link for http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ulfric_Stormcloak if you want a few spoilers with regards to his lore. However, if you haven't done it yet, side with the Empire and when you get to have a little "chat" with Ulfric don't one shot kill him. Let him do some real fighting and

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Listen to how many words of Unrelenting Force shout he uses!

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Sammie LM
 
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:22 pm

from last time I fought him, I think he knew Fus and Ro

and am positive he knew at least Zun as well since my sword flew across the palace

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JR Cash
 
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:13 pm

The http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Ulfric_Stormcloak confirms that he does know Disarm. It doesn't say how many words of each he has, though.

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WYatt REed
 
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:00 pm

Yeah Ulfric himself says he shouted down Torygg and then stabbed him to death with his sword.

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James Rhead
 
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:23 pm

I would imagine Greybeards are chosen at a young age. Ulfric seems to be 45-50 years old.

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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:17 pm

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I remember him blasting Imperials all over the place with FusRohDah during the Civil War questline.


Granted, I didn't pay much attention to what he actually used.
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Post » Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:15 pm

Note that it appears that Ulfric is the ONLY person that was present that stipulates that he finished Torygg off with a sword. Conversely, several other witnesses say that Ulfric "Shouted Torygg to pieces." I see no advantage that they could gain by describing the event as death by a single Shout, versus death by a Shout followed by the coup de grace upon a helpless opponent. If anything, I would expect them to harp on with the latter version, because it makes Ulfric look that much more of a could. Especially if that is the way it actually occurred.

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