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35 - The Story of Skyrim: Dragonborn, Civil War, and Destiny · Mythic Mind Games

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  Speaker 1: Hey there today. In providing you with the story summary
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  Speaker 1: of Skyrim that originally made for the Elder Scrolls and
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  Speaker 1: Philosophy Study, I hope you enjoy. Skyrim's main story follows
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  Speaker 1: the dragon Boarn, a prisoner captured alongside storm Cloak rebels
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  Speaker 1: and condemned execution in Helgan of mid Skyrim's raging civil
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  Speaker 1: war between the Imperial Legion and the storm Cloaks of
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  Speaker 1: Yarl Ulfrik as Aldowan, the ancient world eater worm and
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  Speaker 1: Harbinger of the Apocalypse attacks the village. You escape the
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  Speaker 1: chaos with hotbar or Roloff, fleeing to Riverwood and then
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  Speaker 1: to White Run to warn Yarl Balgroof of the dragon threat.
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  Speaker 1: Bargroof task you with aiding his court wizard Ferengar in
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  Speaker 1: retrieving the Dragonstone, a map of dragon burial mounds from
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  Speaker 1: the Nordic Ruin of Bleak Falls Barrow. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: you return, you hear that the dragon Milmaneer has assaulted
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  Speaker 1: the Western watchtower outside White Run. You slay it, absorbit soul,
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  Speaker 1: and unlock your innate thumb, proving yourself dragonborn. To the
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  Speaker 1: awestruck witnesses, the Graybeards of high Rothgar summon you to
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  Speaker 1: the throat of the world with an earth shaking shout,
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  Speaker 1: where they teach you the way of the Voice and
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  Speaker 1: bid you to retrieve their founder, Jurgen wind Caller's horn
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  Speaker 1: from the dragger infested Ustengrov, Delphine, innkeeper and undercover Blade,
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  Speaker 1: reveals herself upon your return, enlisting you to slay Sokunier,
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  Speaker 1: a dragon resurrected by Odowin at Kinesgrove, to confirm your
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  Speaker 1: role in the prophecy. Delphine suspects Thalmore involvement in the
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  Speaker 1: dragon's return, so you infiltrate their embassy party during Yellowin's
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  Speaker 1: summit in Solitude, uncovering documents hinting at Esbern, the last
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  Speaker 1: Blade archivist hiding in Rifton Thraatway, you find an escort
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  Speaker 1: Esbern to the Blade's ancient headquarters at Skyhaven Temple in Karspire,
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  Speaker 1: where Otdowan's Wall depicts the Wagonborn's destiny to defeat the world.
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  Speaker 1: Eader Parthenax, the Gray Beards dragon leader and Aldowen's former
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  Speaker 1: lieutenant atop the Third of the World, reveals that Aldowan
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  Speaker 1: was prophesied to return, but can be stopped with a
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  Speaker 1: lost shout from an elder scroll. You venture into Blackreach
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  Speaker 1: via the Tower of Mezark to reclaim the elder Scroll,
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  Speaker 1: then use it as a time wound at the throat
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  Speaker 1: of the World to witness dragon rend a shout forcing
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  Speaker 1: dragons to comprehend mortality, forcing Aldowan through a time wound.
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  Speaker 1: If the civil war still rages, you broker at tense
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  Speaker 1: shrews at high Growth guard between Ulfrich, General Tulius, and
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  Speaker 1: Ellenwyn to lure the dragon Odovic into a trap at
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  Speaker 1: Dragon's Reach. Interrogating the captured dragon reveals Aldowen's portal and
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  Speaker 1: Schooldofen atop the world Eater's eyri, accessible only via Dragonfly,
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  Speaker 1: You battle Dragger and the dragon Knakrin to enter Sovanguard
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  Speaker 1: the Nordic Hall of Heroes. There, amid the sole Devouring Mist,
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  Speaker 1: you rally ancient heroes Esgromore, Kodlak, and Hakon in the
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Valor. Dragon Wren weakens Aldoin for the killing blow,
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  Speaker 1: shattering his rule and restoring balance. As dragon souls continue
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  Speaker 1: to bend to your will across Skyridd,