[Rachael]

Spoiler

dragonborn dragonborn
by his honor sworn
to keep evil forever at bay
and the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph's shout

and the scrolls have fortold
of black wings in the cold
that when brothers wage war come unfurled
alduin bane of kings
ancient shadow unbound
with a hunger to swallow the world

[Lory Da Costa]

Tries piecing this together with the trailer?
If this is the tongue of the dragons, and Dovahkiin in "their" tongue is dragonborn... It says that "they"(dragons, then) fear dovahkiin.
Seems like the most obvious answer one would give after watching the trailer, but where does that part with alduin and world-eating come in?

[Nick Tyler]

Cheers for the spoiler tags Nick, didn't think about them. :sweat:

[Christine Pane]

Man, I want this magazine now..Scratch that, I want this game now! This plot sounds amazing.

[Noely Ulloa]

im not a subscriber, and EB will probably take some time to get them shiped from aussie to nz :/

... You have the internet though...

[Kellymarie Heppell]

im not a subscriber, and EB will probably take some time to get them shiped from aussie to nz :/

You do realise that this is the internet we're talking about, TES V will be everywhere.

EDIT: FFFFFFFFUUUUUUU, beaten to it. D:

[ashleigh bryden]

is that mystery text the suprise GStaff was talking about earlier?

[Mr. Ray]

So, will that make us, the player, the dragonborn then?
Seems likely that we will play the dovakiin... Either that or we have to find them (ala Martin in Oblivion)

[Leonie Connor]

Alduin doesn't need a translation. It's the name itself of the nordic version of Akatosh.

The plot seems pretty epic, it might be even better than Morrowind's.
A civil war and the return of Alduin to eat the world, throw some political intrigue which will definately be there because of the civil wars and we have winner

i hope skyrim trys to be less "epic" than oblivion, like we are dealing with issues on a smaller scale. because imo, the epic-ness oblivion was cheesy and felt like i was watching a $100 budget movie

[Amie Mccubbing]

Alduin is a word directly in the "dragon" speech, therefore doesn't need to be translated into English

Ah, I see now.

[Natalie Harvey]

Ok, got caught up in the excitement so i wrote two posts, but here's the entire thing translated and original:

Spoiler

dovahkiin dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal
ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
dovahkiin fah hin kogaan mu draal

ahrk fin kel lost prodah
do ved viing ko fin krah
tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein
alduin feyn do jun
kruziik vokun staadnau
voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein

Spoiler

dragonborn dragonborn
by his honor sworn
to keep evil forever at bay
and the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph's shout
dragonborn for your blessing we pray

and the scrolls have fortold
of black wings in the cold
that when brothers wage war come unfurled
alduin bane of kings
ancient shadow unbound
with a hunger to swallow the world

and the other person was right. This was fun!

[danni Marchant]

200 users are reading this topic

dam...

[Benito Martinez]

i hope skyrim trys to be less "epic" than oblivion, like we are dealing with issues on a smaller scale. because imo, the epic-ness oblivion was cheesy and felt like i was watching a $100 budget movie

Epic-ness, when done correctly is just that, epic. And epic means good.

[Patrick Gordon]

i hope skyrim trys to be less "epic" than oblivion, like we are dealing with issues on a smaller scale. because imo, the epic-ness oblivion was cheesy and felt like i was watching a $100 budget movie

True, I need to stop using epic. By now it might be the most common word on the internet...

But what I meant was, the plot seems pretty well developed.

[Louise Lowe]

Ok, got caught up in the excitement so i wrote two posts, but here's the entire thing translated and original:

Spoiler

dovahkiin dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal
ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
dovahkiin fah hin kogaan mu draal

ahrk fin kel lost prodah
do ved viing ko fin krah
tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein
alduin feyn do jun
kruziik vokun staadnau
voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein

Spoiler

dragonborn dragonborn
by his honor sworn
to keep evil forever at bay
and the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph's shout

and the scrolls have fortold
of black wings in the cold
that when brothers wage war come unfurled
alduin bane of kings
ancient shadow unbound
with a hunger to swallow the world

What ever happened to the

Spoiler

For a blessing, we pray

part?

[Nicola]

197 Users, may I just say. Brb, translating
Well that was special..

[Jordan Fletcher]

I thought Akatosh was good?

[Monika]

What ever happened to the

Spoiler

For a blessing, we pray

part?

Wait, let me re-check that

yeah, dropped it somewhere, someone please put it where it belongs, I already closed the entire window with my translation

edit: actually, the original's there, just didn't put it in my translation

[Benjamin Holz]

What do dragons have to do with Alduin?

[Leah]

however, I would tend to think that the rhyme scheme would be the same as the first paragraph

it isn't meant to be in english remember, so there was little to no chance that it would/should have a rhyme scheme while read in the english language. it probably does have a rhyme scheme when said in dragon speak or whatever lol :thumbsup:

[BaNK.RoLL]

Epic-ness, when done correctly is just that, epic. And epic means good.

*when done correctly*
i.e, not oblivion

but anyways, can someone plain outline the plotline (to your best guesstimate) for me please

[dell]

What do dragons have to do with Alduin?

Alduin/Akatosh are in their avatars, Dragons.

[Leilene Nessel]

What do dragons have to do with Alduin?

/snip from a site...

Alduin is the Nordic variation of Akatosh, and only superficially resembles his counterpart in the Nine Divines. For example, Alduin's Title, The World Eater, comes from myths that depict him as the horrible, rauaging fire storm that destroyed the last world to begin this one. Nords therefore see the God of Time as both creator and harbinger of the apocalypse. He is not the chief of the Nordic pantheon but its wellspring, albeit a grim and frightening one.

Which makes sense, because the symbol on the cover is on the back of the coin from TES IV - which is of course Akatosh.

[Jonathan Windmon]

*when done correctly*
i.e, not oblivion

but anyways, can someone plain outline the plotline (to your best guesstimate) for me please

Nords in civil war just in time for Alduin to show up and nom on us all.

[Rik Douglas]

What do dragons have to do with Alduin?

The dragon are thought to be the 'mortal' versions of the gods, they were created when the gods made sweet love but every generation became less and less divine IIRC.