Only Nords can be dragonborn.

Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:45 am

It's not even up to Akatosh. Akatosh has to answer to the gods' gods, the highest being Toddith Howardoth if my memory of the lore is correct.

:rofl:
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:54 am

It's Akatosh, not Talos.



Thanks. I did say I couldn't remember (it's in the brackets), I just remembered the book saying something about Talos.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:52 am

Have you hear of interspecies six?
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:54 am

You're all wrong.

There has been one character who has been present at the time of the Nerevanine, the champion of Cyrodiil, and the Dovakhiin.

And he was the only one who even knew of the lost shrine of Boethiah.

He is the one.

And he waits now for calipers.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:33 am

So my Argonian is actually a Nord that's disguised as a Argoinian? :ahhh:

A dragon inside a nord inside an argonian.....charception
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:13 am

the only rule regarding Dragonborns is that they wasted no perks in Destruction and tend to avoid it while leveling
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:45 pm

Not true the only reason the septims in Oblivion didn't have dragon shouts, or the thu'um is because it's a nordic tradition, so they really didn't know about it


They could have known everything about the Thu'um. But without dragon souls to absorb it would have taken a lifetime to learn a word. Go speak to the Greybeards.

The Septim's are of Nordic decent, Talos was Tiber Septim. A Nord who also possessed the Thu'um.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:14 am

Y'all are nerds! :)
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:58 am

the septims would like to have a word with you.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:37 am

The Neveraine was also dragonborn acording to lore....it is mentioned in one of the book within the game.

The Nerevarine was described as dragon-born in Ashlander prophecies because it meant s/he was born within the Empire, whose symbol is the dragon, and therefore an outlander. It has nothing to do with having a soul of a dragon like it does in Skyrim.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:The_Lost_Prophecy
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:40 am

Y'all are nerds! :)


I'm sorry, I think you missed the Derp forums, last right on your way in.

The Nerevarine was described as dragon-born in Ashlander prophecies because it meant s/he was born within the Empire, whose symbol is the dragon, and therefore an outlander. It has nothing to do with having a soul of a dragon like it does in Skyrim.


What an incredibly confusing thing to do on behalf of Bethesda.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:21 am

What an incredibly confusing thing to do on behalf of Bethesda.

I'm confused with a lot of their lore. I only know about the Nerevarine because I've played Morrowind's main quest a lot.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:04 am

Will nobody take up the cause of gathering calipers for our one true champion???

:(
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:28 am

I agree with OP. Bethesda should remove all other races.

















...And by this, I mean every race except Argonian.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:19 pm

Tiber Septim wasn't the first dragonborn.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:56 am

If dragons first appeared in Skyrim and the first dragonborn, Tiber Septim (Talos) was a Nord, then only Nords can be dragonborn. If you are going to über roleplay than I don't see how anyone other than Nords can be dragonborn.


Dude if your gonna come on a game fourum complaining about the lore then you gotta be damn sure you know the lore, first suggestion being actually pay attention when playing the game. The greybeards tell you themselves that Akatosh grants the gift to whoever the hell he wants to.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:21 am

So my Argonian is actually a Nord that's disguised as a Argoinian? :ahhh:



Yes. Yes he is. Mine is a Nord dressed as a kitty dressed as a Mage using invisibilty dressed as a rabid werewolf about to eat an elf.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:36 am

The game wants to make my character ask questions about things that anyone living in the world should know already, and the history differs greatly from my game of Oblivion. Okay, I have a way around that:

My character is an Altmer reincarnated (not long before the game started) in this universe as a result of a failsafe spell that triggered upon his assassination (universe-jumping unintentional). In his original universe, he was the vampire archmage of Cyrodiil, who never gave the Amulet of Kings to Jauffre, but instead prevented the Oblivion Crisis by drinking Martin Septim's blood and lighting the dragonfires himself.

In actuality, I did say "Why am I giving you this amulet? That's dumb. It's safer with me," became vampire archmage of Cyrodiil on an Altmer with the same name, and the Oblivion crisis never occurred, but this was due to never approaching Kvatch. There was no way in-game to drink Martin's blood, unfortunately, though it would have been a nice solution. That character also became effectively unbeatable due to enchanted equipment, unless he was wearing the wrong equipment for the encounter. Also: Never did Shivering Isles.

I figure that he lived for some time, being effectively immortal, building up the power of the Mages' Guild, leading it to de-facto control over the Empire, before being assassinated, but that the Thamor and all the other consequences of the Oblivion Crisis (except perhaps the eruption of Red Mountain) never existed in his reality. So I have a convenient explanation for why he has no clue who the Thalmor are, or what the White-Gold Concordat was, etc. The reincarnation apparently omitted spell and enchantment details, but that was not unexpected, eh? He probably had a cache of spellbooks and such in his universe, not expecting to be tossed into a different one. (He may or may not have been thrown forward in time when he was reincarnated. 200 years is a long time to go without being assassinated if you're trying to upset the balance of power and effectively take over the world)

As for how he was assassinated? One can't be paranoid all the time, forever, even if they're a vampire and protagonist of a Bethesda game, and thus decide to never sleep.

Ideally he desires to rule Tamriel. I forsee an opportunity to claim the Imperial Throne. The only question is: Can the Empire's strength be built back up to drive back the Thalmor? I say yes. All it takes is well-trained blacksmiths and enchanters. They're still using non-improved armor and weapons. :V
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:41 pm

It should be noted that the only known Dragonborns are Tiber Septim and possibly Reman Cyrodil-source Book of the Dragonborn- and their desendants. Two occurences do not establish a trend. It should also be noted that the phenomena that is the Dragonborn is not intrisic, it is bestowed by some god, and they can do whatever they damn well please.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:13 am

Nope, my Argonian can absorb souls n' sh*t
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:23 am

dragonborn only means you have the soul of a dragon, so you can be any race

true, but I have to admit I'm having trouble doing the MQ as anything other than a Nord. Just doesn't feel right to me.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:01 am

It should be noted that the only known Dragonborns are Tiber Septim and possibly Reman Cyrodil-source Book of the Dragonborn- and their desendants. Two occurences do not establish a trend. It should also be noted that the phenomena that is the Dragonborn is not intrisic, it is bestowed by some god, and they can do whatever they damn well please.

Actually your missing quiet a few. There have been a lot of them. I think the first modern DB was St. Alessia.

"They are believed to have the soul of a dragon, due to Akatosh making a covenant with Alessia to seal the Gates of Oblivion. Also the Dragonborn led a fight to kill the dragons many years before."
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:36 pm

the first dragonborn, Tiber Septim (Talos) was a Nord, then only Nords can be dragonborn.



Not sure if troll
or just stupid
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:11 pm

Wasn't Talos/Tiber Septim born in High Rock and then moved to Skyrim? Does that not make him a Bretons?

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Tiber_Septim
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:31 pm

If dragons first appeared in Skyrim and the first dragonborn, Tiber Septim (Talos) was a Nord, then only Nords can be dragonborn. If you are going to über roleplay than I don't see how anyone other than Nords can be dragonborn.


This is seriously flawed logic.

Coincidence does not a necessary condition make.

E.g. I am brown-haired and Engllish, therefore all brown-haired people are English.... hmm.
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