That's not his name. Its how you say Dragon Born in their language. They, i think, being the dragons.

It's disturbing to think that there are probably devs reading this thread and laughing their asses off on our crazy attempts at speculation

Or marveling at our deductive reasoning skills :shifty:

I also think that since the Dragonborn is depicted in what appears to be Blades armor, this reinforces the idea that the player will be the Dragonborn. In both Morrowind and Oblivion the player is basically (though they are given the option not to join) a member and agent of the Blades.

Maybe they are the remnants of the Falmer.

Okay, so here's my thoughts on the quote from http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Thurindil. If his "father" is Julianos, perhaps he means Jhunal, the Nordic Rune god. I wonder if Julianos' symbol (a triangle) can be found in the stone carving in the trailer. According to Thurindil, his "mother" is Mohi-Titona, the Queen of Akavir. So far I'm seeing a Skyrim (Nordic god reference) and Akavir intersection here. The full remark about the dragon-ships is this: "Mother's coming for me in the dragon ships. I don't like these itchy clothes, but I have to wear them or it frightens the fish." The queen of Akavir is invading in dragon ships? What are the itchy clothes? Maybe Thurindil and others are really Tsaesci pretending to be otherwise, and poor Thurindil has just given himself away? According to http://oblivion.wikia.com/wiki/Tsaesci link, there are rumors of "true" Akaviri still on Tamriel. Maybe they are stirring. The most puzzling is this: "These slugs climbing my spine itch something fierce." I must admit that the only thing I can think of here is the Sload, but Thras is far, far away from Skyrim, so I'm at a loss here.

Not that I actually believe what I guessed here, but is Thurindil to Skyrim what Oddfrid-White Lip (and Geilir the Mumbling) was to Oblivion?

This is the reason that fourms for games were made, because after a long day of programing game devs in laughs.

The three figures in the bottom right, rasing their swords behind the Dragon Born, are all wearing fur capes. To me, this suggests they are all of Nordic origin, maybe being minor deities or warriors/clan leaders/chieftans of somme sort. If there is a civil war, they could most likely be different nordic tribe leaders. and maybe the dragon borne is neglecting the fact that the nords are destroying themselves, and trying to protect them from the real threat, the dragons.

Thats what i felt when i first seen the trailer, an oriental style.

also (not exact quote) "this human skin is itching..... me something fierce" thats right, he is something fierce, a dragon... ah ha!

above the 3 warriors there are smaller figures fighting, are they on a ship? a "dragon-ship"?

EDIT: i just listened to it and seems like the noise of a creaking ship, actually i think im wrong

Heh, being the avatar of Talos. That would be such fun. I really enjoyed the little dialogue with Dagoth Ur, where he asks what you would do with Akulakhan. House politics were also always interesting. Were a player to be an Avatar of Talos, it would (I hope) open up all sorts of alternative political scenarios. I would never do this (being the stout Imperial loyalist that I am), but imagine a Talos avatar who works AGAINST the Empire, or in favor of native Nords? etc.

I wish I knew more about the lore now.
Anyway, I hope there will be some references to (real) nordic mythology :drool:

If you go to:

http://elderscrolls.com/

and wait for the Flash to look and close the video you can scroll around the whole stone carving in HD

I really hope we don't have to be side kick again, it just doesn't feel as rewarding in the end. I hope it is a prophecy/mantalling type thing and we're the prophecised/mantaller, I like to be the center of attention in epics

I hope argonians have enough money for some good boots. Argonia is becoming a world power by the way, Im 99% sure the trailer has nothing to do with argonians as "they" though. I love this trailer, it builds up so much suspense!

What do we know about Dragons from Tamriel Lore? I remember reading that they once lived in Morrowind, but the Cliff Racers drove them out. I've also seen speculation in the past about how dragons can change form into men and hide among them, and that there are actually dragons in Cyrodiil.

From Mysterious Akavir:

"Ka Po' Tun is the "Tiger-Dragon's Empire". The cat-folk here are ruled by the divine Tosh Raka, the Tiger-Dragon. They are now a very great empire, stronger than Tsaesci (though not at sea). After the Serpent-Folk ate all the Men, they tried to eat all the Dragons. They managed to enslave the Red Dragons, but the black ones had fled to (then) Po Tun. A great war was raged, which left both the cats and the snakes weak, and the Dragons all dead. Since that time the cat-folk have tried to become the Dragons. Tosh Raka is the first to succeed. He is the largest Dragon in the world, orange and black, and he has very many new ideas".

This quote suggests that the dragons in Akavir are all dead, but yet also suggests that the cat-folk later tried to "become" dragons and that Tosh Raka succeeded. This leaves me with two questions. One, how does one become a dragon? Two, what exactly IS a dragon?

I am actually curious to see what they'll look like. They haven't been the most consistent race in terms of appearance. But yes, I hope they'll be able to wear boots. Even if they're really, really, big boots.

@Rivendell:
Tosh Raka mantled Akatosh (their names are practically the same). So there are really two sorts of dragons: real ones, like the one we saw in Redguard, and metaphysical ones, like Akatosh.

Another (imaginary proof) for the Talos theory:

The "dragonborn" in the trailer is a nord. Talos was called "Son of Skyrim" after he used the http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Thu%27um and most the nords swore loyality to him. (3 kneeling soldiers left of him) while in the background, imperial soldiers are fighting against nordic warriors.

Nah, that would be no good. What would happen to my favorite novelty weapon? For clarity, I threw boot at people's heads.

Just a quick thought on the trailer:

Just before the dragon opens it's eye for the first time, there is clearly a sword sticking out of the dragon. Maybe this dragon was thought to have been slain once before, but is now reawakening?

Edit: Now I'm thinking that's not a sword. That might just be part of the dragon's wing.

It will more than likely be blades, since if you go on the website you can plainly tell it is a blade fighting a dragon, the pauldrens are a give away

^ Nice catch llamalords!

Pure speculation on my part, but maybe by the time comes around wherein ES:V is set, the Empire has fallen, utterly. The waking dragon (that was thought to be slain) could be the Empire coming to reclaim Skyrim as one of its provinces in the midst of a civil war (or causing a civil war) between the pro- and anti-Empire elements in Skyrim.

I bet you'll be blastin' some Bathory while playing Skyrim. Anyway it would be fitting regardless of nordic mythology references (One Rode to Asa Bay \m/). Personally I hope not. Well, I want to feel a resemblance, a similar spirit, but I don't want it too feel to copy paste, Nords already feel highly influenced by scandinavians as it is.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think the guy to the right of the horse in the lower left is carrying a crossbow in the mural??

Sorry, this may not be the right thread to post in. It's not about the trailer, but the mural on the site.