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Subject: DragonBorn Question.
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Why was Miraak a Dragonborn? According to the Greybeards, a Dragonborn would appear in a time of great need. So what was the great disaster that Miraak was supposed to prevent? Just something I've been thinking about.

  • 12.15.2012 1:37 PM PDT

He wasn't. People other than dragonborn can use voice.
Just isn't as powerful because they can't absorb their souls

[Edited on 12.15.2012 1:41 PM PST]

  • 12.15.2012 1:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spilled Milk
He wasn't. People other than dragonborn can use voice.
Just isn't as powerful because they can't absorb their souls

No..... He is Dragonborn. Multiple people in the game confirm that he is, and his ability to absorb dragon souls (which he does a few times in the questline) is something that only a Dragonborn can do.

  • 12.15.2012 1:44 PM PDT
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The Greybeards also said "You are so far the only Dragonborn that has revealed itself" when you first meet them. It's not too farfetched to believe several more could have appeared.

  • 12.15.2012 1:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: A Jar of Dirt
The Greybeards also said "You are so far the only Dragonborn that has revealed itself" when you first meet them. It's not too farfetched to believe several more could have appeared.

Yeah, but they were speaking in terms of the current era, Miraak is from the past. It's also stated on Alduin's wall that the character is the Last Dragonborn.

  • 12.15.2012 1:48 PM PDT

He was the one that was supposed to defeat Alduin but then he got power hungry and made a deal with hermaeus mora

  • 12.15.2012 2:00 PM PDT