{"id":166644,"date":"2021-01-13T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/skyrim-things-didnt-know-thuum\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:15:24","slug":"skyrim-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-thuum-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/13\/skyrim-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-thuum-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrim: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Thu’um | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the most unique aspects of Skyrim’s<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>gameplay is its Dragon Shouts. As a Dragonborn, the protagonist can channel their power to shout in the dragon language, causing effects that range from a forceful push to a sudden thunderstorm. Within the game’s lore, this power is known as the Voice, or Thu’um.<\/p>\n

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A few in-game characters touch on the Thu’um’s history, but it remains somewhat mysterious. This eons-old tool of battle and worship is central to\u00a0Skyrim’s<\/em> main questline, but many players go through the game without learning its lore. Here are some aspects of the Thu’um that can easily escape even veteran players.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Connection To Kynareth<\/h2>\n
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In the Ancient Nordic Pantheon, Kynareth is known as Kyne<\/a>, the wife of Shor. During the Dragon War, she took pity on the\u00a0beaten and broken Nords, and taught them to use the Thu’um. This brought an end to Alduin’s reign.<\/p>\n

The Throat of the World is sacred to Kynareth, as a goddess of the sky and patron of the natural world. This is where the Greybeards chose to build their monastery, High Hrothgar, where they\u00a0practice the Way of the Voice as a form of worship to her.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Jurgen Windcaller’s Conversion<\/h2>\n
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Many fans know that the Way of the Voice was pioneered by Jurgen Windcaller, a Nordic hero who sought spiritual enlightenment. However, not all know what inspired his pacifistic creed.<\/p>\n

Like many in\u00a0the First\u00a0Era, Windcaller used the Thu’um as a weapon in battle; however, following a disastrous defeat, he concluded that the gods were displeased with his people’s destructive use of their gifts. He avowed to\u00a0use the Thu’um only for worship and glorification of the Divines, and his word prevailed due to his prowess with the Voice.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Opposing Philosophies<\/h2>\n
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Up on High Hrothgar, the Greybeards follow Windcaller’s teachings, and believe that the Thu’um is an instrument of peace. However, the Blades believe that this is a cultist idea, and that the Thu’um is meant for battle.<\/p>\n

The Blades’ idea harkens back to the Imperial College of the Voice, which Tiber Septim founded to teach the Thu’um as\u00a0an honorable aspect of war. Considering the Blades’\u00a0historic connection\u00a0to the Septim dynasty<\/a>, it’s little wonder that they\u00a0adhere\u00a0to his philosophy regarding the Voice.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Rigorous Training<\/h2>\n
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In\u00a0Skyrim<\/em>, the Dragonborn can learn new Words of Power at any time, so long as they have absorbed a dragon soul. However, for anyone else, learning a new Shout is\u00a0a much more involved process.<\/p>\n

According to the Greybeard Arngeir, it takes years for a normal person to master a single\u00a0Shout. Furthermore, the training renders the Voice so intense that the other Greybeards cannot speak for fear of causing mass destruction. Only those who carry dragon blood within them can use the Voice without this specialized training.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Ulfric’s\u00a0History<\/h2>\n
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Ulfric Stormcloak slew High King Torygg with the power of the Thu’um, a widely known feat throughout Skyrim. However, the Jarl of Windhelm’s has a long history with the Voice. In his youth, Ulfric trained with the Greybeards in High Hrothgar\u2014much like the protagonist.<\/p>\n

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However, Ulfric abandoned the Way of the Voice to pursue a martial path with his Thu’um. During the Great War, he left High Hrothgar to fight for Skyrim, working his way towards the reputation he holds by the time of the game.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>The Markarth Incident<\/h2>\n
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Years before the events of Skyrim<\/em>, an uprising occurred in the westernmost region of the realm.\u00a0In what was later known as the Markarth Incident, the native people of the Reach overthrew the Jarl and ruled the area for two years.<\/p>\n

Ulfric Stormcloak later brought an end to the Reachemen’s rule<\/a>, using\u00a0his Voice to take back the city for the Nords.\u00a0Using his Thu’um in violence, both in this instance and his killing of Torygg, has\u00a0served to\u00a0alienate him from his former Greybeard mentors.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Word Wall Inscriptions<\/h2>\n
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Every player knows how Skyrim’s Word Walls<\/a> function: the Dragonborn approaches the wall, and automatically learns the next Word of Power for the wall’s designated Shout. However, Word Walls’ lore extends beyond their gameplay mechanics.<\/p>\n

All Word Walls bear inscriptions in the dragon language, constructed by humans in the age of dragon rule.\u00a0Most of them\u00a0eulogize a human or creature who died an honorable death. This suggests that they are burial sites for important figures, and that the walls serve as epitaphs to those\u00a0entombed there.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Possible Daedric\u00a0Association<\/h2>\n
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Some consider\u00a0the Word Wall at\u00a0Meridia’s temple a strange detail.\u00a0Either her statue was built on a Nordic tomb, or an ancient Nord hero wished to be buried at her temple. Both possibilities hint at a potential affiliation between Meridia and the Voice.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Jurgen Windcaller’s name is written on his tomb in Daedric, a detail that is never explained. Perhaps he was\u00a0connected to Meridia<\/a> or another Daedric prince. However, his\u00a0presence in Sovngarde suggests that if he did have Daedric associations, he renounced them before death.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Man-Made Shouts<\/h2>\n
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Dragons created the Shouts as weapons; however, they\u00a0were not the only ones who did. One of Skyrim’s <\/em>main quest objectives is to learn Dragonrend, a shout that ancient Nord heroes created to knock dragons from the sky. In Dragonborn<\/em>,\u00a0the shout Dragon Aspect is also of mortal origin.<\/p>\n

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Some fans speculate that\u00a0other shouts also originated with humans<\/a>. Elemental Fury and Throw Voice, for example, have effects that seem odd or even useless\u00a0for a dragon. Some characters\u2014namely the Greybeards\u2014consider man-made shouts unnatural and\u00a0evil.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Miraak’s Unnatural Shouts<\/h2>\n
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Among those who show mastery over the Thu’um, none is more menacing than Miraak.\u00a0His Daedric patron Hermaeus Mora taught him the Bend Will shout, which he used to try to build his own army. Furthermore, all of the Dragon Aspect Word Wall inscriptions praise Miraak, suggesting that he created that shout.<\/p>\n

Miraak’s power also led him to learn a four-word shout<\/a>, considered unnatural and perverse as all other shouts have three. This shout allows him to rip the soul from a living dragon, consuming and killing it.<\/p>\n

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