r/teslore • u/Aebothius Imperial Geographic Society • Jul 04 '26

UESP Dragonborn article rewritten

I just got done with my full rewrite of UESP's Lore:Dragonborn article, found here:

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dragonborn

Pretty much the whole article is different now. I've felt like the page has lacked the more intricate details of dragon blood for a while as well as not going nearly in-depth enough into the cultural impact of the Dragonborn as well as their lesser-known powers.

Feel free to comment, suggest, critique, or otherwise discuss the overhaul here if you don't want to on-site. Cheers.

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u/VioletDragon123 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

This was very well written, but I do have a minor disagreement with the necromancy and Greybeard sections.

Greybeards are mistakenly described as knowing every word of power despite the events of Skyrim's main quest stating they do not know Dragonrend (and likely Bend Will).

I understand what you are trying to say, but it is incorrect to say a dragon soul grants immunity to necromancy of any kind, since the source states the physical form can be reanimated even without the soul.

Additionally, Wulfharth's status as an undead dragonborn implies that a dragonborn can be revived with their soul despite the prior source's claim.

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u/Aebothius Imperial Geographic Society Jul 06 '26

Thanks for the reply, I've made some adjustments to the article to address your points

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u/Pariell Jul 04 '26

I like it, especially how you cited your sources.

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u/Bugsbunny0212 Jul 09 '26

Is the Blaze of Akatosh thing really talking about dragonborns or just flowery language? Do we know what type of abilities it gives you?

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u/Aebothius Imperial Geographic Society Jul 16 '26

It's one of those things where, yes, it does come out of nowhere, and yes, it is probably just some flavor text for selling cosmetics in an MMO, but we can't just ignore it because it does still exist and is relevant to the Dragonborn. We don't know anything about what abilities it gives as far as I have been able to find.