Let's talk lore: What if the Dragonborn was executed at Helg : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:58 pm

Let's say that the Dragon at the beginning of the game showed up right after the Dragonborn was executed.

What would happen to Skyrim?

How would the lore turn out?

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:09 am

Maybe there's more than one Dragonborn at a time. After all, I got to thinking - one of the guards could be the Dragonborn, and he just doesn't know it.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:46 am

We'd all be [censored].

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:38 pm

it would be like buffy. another would arise. i think it can be easily argued that some force in the universe wanted the current world to keep on trucking. so they made sure it could.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:53 am

Alduin would swoop down, eat the World, and then Lorkhan would trick the gods into making a realm for all of them, in which the next kalpa would begin.

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:05 am

The game would be shorter than CoD3.

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:17 am

The game would be shorter than CoD3.

Oh snap.

As for the question, I'm sure someone else would become a Dragonborn. Hell, we have Greybeards and Ulfric, all who use Dragonshouts.

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:19 pm

Oh snap.

As for the question, I'm sure someone else would become a Dragonborn. Hell, we have Greybeards and Ulfric, all who use Dragonshouts.

Doesn't matter, they can't absorb a dragon's soul to actually kill it.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:08 pm

What if on route to the High Hrothgar the dragonborn was eaten by a frost troll? :ohmy:

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:34 pm

Let's say that the Dragon at the beginning of the game showed up right after the Dragonborn was executed.

What would happen to Skyrim?

How would the lore turn out?

We`d all be bowing to Dragons.

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:22 pm

Another one would be born after the others death obviously...Think of it as, the Avatar:The Last Air Bender, from the cartoon/the movie, when the avatar dies, another is born, same soul, different person

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:15 am

Doesn't matter, they can't absorb a dragon's soul to actually kill it.

That's a good point. But they could at least keep them subdued until the next Dragonborn shows up. Which would be anywhere from 5 seconds to never lol.

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:36 am

What if on route to the High Hrothgar the dragonborn was eaten by a frost troll? :ohmy:

He was...several times, in fact, but Akatosh, the God of Time, reversed time over and over again until the dumb ol' Dovahkin realized he didn't have to kill the frost troll, he could just run past it.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:55 am

That's a good point. But they could at least keep them subdued until the next Dragonborn shows up. Which would be anywhere from 5 seconds to never lol.

You think 4 men and a jarl who can barely cast fus ro dah will subdue dragons?

Also you don't need the voice to kill dragons, mortals have done it, the dragons just never really died ( back in the dragon wars.. or whatever they were called. )

He was...several times, in fact, but Akatosh, the God of Time, reversed time over and over again until the dumb ol' Dovahkin realized he didn't have to kill the frost troll, he could just run past it.

Also this.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:08 am

There is no indication that Ulfric is NOT a dragonborn...I have yet to kill a dragon in his presence, so we don't know if he can absorb dragon souls or not.

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:51 am

There is no indication that Ulfric is NOT a dragonborn...I have yet to kill a dragon in his presence, so we don't know if he can absorb dragon souls or not.

He does know Fu, Ro, and Dah and he's only like 50 years old?

I thought it took tons longer to learn any shout?

» Tue May 08, 2012 1:42 am

Let's say that the Dragon at the beginning of the game showed up right after the Dragonborn was executed.

What would happen to Skyrim?

How would the lore turn out?

Things were looking pretty bleak until Alduin took an arrow to the knee.

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:34 pm

Doesn't the Prophecy say that the wheel will fall on the LAST Dragonborn. That indicates there will be no more dragonborns and thus Alduin would eat the world.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:28 pm

You guys have to realize, just because you're a Dragonborn doesn't mean you're going to be competent enough to stop Alduin.

He does know Fu, Ro, and Dah and he's only like 50 years old?

I thought it took tons longer to learn any shout?

Fus, not "Fu," and it takes years to learn them. How long were you thinking? I mean, on average, Nords don't live any longer than 100, unless they're powerful mages.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:03 pm

Good question. I imagine a big war between mortals and dragons would devastate Tamriel. It's up in the air who would win.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:17 pm

He does know Fu, Ro, and Dah and he's only like 50 years old?

I thought it took tons longer to learn any shout?

That's easily doable by the time you are 50, even with a war and imprisonment and formenting a rebellion.

Lore-wise, it is quite possible that the Dragonborn can be anyone Akatosh wants it to be. So he could always pick another.

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:56 pm

What if on route to the High Hrothgar the dragonborn was eaten by a frost troll? :ohmy:

ummm.. load game? :banana:

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:24 am

ummm.. load game? :banana:

Truly the Dragonborn's most frightening ability.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:10 pm

In every generation, there is a Chosen One. ~~She~~ He alone will stand against the ~~Vampires~~ Dragons, the ~~Demons~~ Daedra, and the forces of Darkness. ~~She~~ He is the ~~Slayer~~ Dragonborn.

As someone else said, like in the BuffyVerse, Chosen Ones are expendable in Tamriel. Every time one gets the snuff, another comes to replace him.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:13 pm

I don't see the point. He/she wasn't.