So what exactly is Dragonborn

Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:18 am

So our Skyrim main character (possibly a female Argonian ;) ) is Dragonborn
But what exactly does that mean, how does it happen.
We know that the Emperors of Tamriel used to be dragonborn up until Martin Septim. But there was a more or less clear bloodline since Tiber Septim

And furthermore reading the lost Prophecy of the Nerevarine in Morrowind it states, that he is
"But Dragon-born and far-star-marked,"

So if the nerevarine or Martin Septim had found a wordwall in skyrim, would they have been able to learn the language?

Or are we talking about different ways of being dragon born?
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:31 am

Martin was dragon-blood (of the septim dynasty) and not essentially a dragonborn. His power came from the breaking of the pact with Akatosh. The nerevarine may have been actually dragon-born, but there is no evidence to evince this statement.
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:34 pm

So what is dragon born (I am not looking for something like a pregnancy test here :tongue: but the mythological explanation)?

So there is a difference between dragonborn and of the dragon blood (.. Septim mostly)?
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:37 pm

Try taking this thread to the Lore Section of the forum, the amount of stuff they know is unbelieveable.

http://www.gamesas.com/forum/16-elder-scrolls-lore/
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