» Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:39 pm Earlier I got to thinking about the style of dragon names and how they're derived from three words in the dragon tongue. So far, every named dragon in Skyrim seems to have a name consisting of three syllables, each being their own word (eg: "Alduin" is Al-Du-In, or Destroyer-Devour-Master).
Then I got to thinking about Akatosh. He created the dragons, and like his children his name consists of three syllables. So I started wondering if maybe "Akatosh" is a Shout just like the names of other dragons are. It could also be possible that "Akatosh" is a corruption of the original words that made up a Shout, as "Aak" and "Ah" ("Guide" and "Hunter" respectively) are both words in the dragon tongue, but "Ak" and "A" haven't been revealed to be their own separate words, and neither has "Tosh." Also worth pointing out is that the things that Akatosh is associated with, such as duty, service, and time, already have their own words in the dragon language.
Personally, I'm hoping that Bethesda does something more with Akatosh in Skyrim to tie him more to the dragons we encounter. As far as I can recall, Akatosh does not even have his own shrine in Skyrim, unless you count the Temple of the Divines in Solitude, and really seems to have very little presence all around (along with Julianos and Zenithar), which kinda strikes me as odd. I think that learning Akatosh's name is derived from the dragon language, and gaining three different shouts each with a different part of his name in them could be a nice feature (though not the main focus by any means) for a DLC.
Thoughts?
