RaktoastTheSandwichTopper Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 i ask this because it seems they use it as a grave marker type thing but if so wouldn't it make more sense for them to have written it it their own language or norse runes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettM Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I believe the ancient Nords spoke the dragon language fluently even before men learned how to Shout using it. There are several bits of evidence that support this. 1. The draugr speak exclusively in the dragon tongue when they insult you, including the lower-level draugr who don't Shout. Not all draugr are Dragon Cultists, so this isn't something exclusive to the Cult. 2. Morokai, the Dragon Priest in Labyrinthian, speaks to you in dragon several times. Finally he gets disgusted and asks, in modern language, if he has to speak in this awful language to get an answer from you. 3. The Word Walls are all epitaphs and memorials written by ordinary Nords in dragon runes, as you note. This is also discussed in Dragon Language: Myth no More. 4. The book Holdings of Jarl Gjalund (on Farengar's desk after "Dragon Rising") is claimed to be a copy of a book originally written in the First Era. It is written partially in dragon runes and uses the dragon-language name for the Throat of the World (Monavhen). Perhaps the entire original document was written in dragon language and was translated when it was copied, or perhaps it was written at a time when the Nords were still changing from their original language to Tamrielan, so official documents needed to be bi-lingual. 5. According to Before the Ages of Man, Ysgrammor was the first one to develop a "runic transcription of Nord speech based on Elvish principles." To me, this implies that "Nord speech" (actually Atmoran speech) at the time was different than anything spoken in Tamriel, and could well have been the dragon tongue. The runic system he developed may be the same one we see on Word Walls and in Holdings of Jarl Gjalund, since the dragons themselves don't seem to do a lot of writing. We know that the original Atmorans all worshipped dragons, and this arrangement didn't become a tyranny until some time after they had settled Skyrim and cleared out many areas of Snow Elves. Dragon worship did not become a cult until after the Dragon War. The Atmorans basically got their civilization and laws from their Dragon Priests, and perhaps they got their language the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaktoastTheSandwichTopper Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 ah i c thank you i was going to request a mod that changes all dragon writing to runes because it didn't make sense to me but know it does so for that i thank you :P +1 for the great responce ps i think that was the longest thank you ever :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perraine Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 FFS ... Do people not know what spoilers are? And what a "Spoilers Forum" is for? Or how to read the all caps post at the top of the screen that says "!!!DO NOT POST SPOILERS IN THIS SECTION!!!!" Listing NPC traits, game features and locations and quest details and names is a SPOILER !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaktoastTheSandwichTopper Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 i didnt think of it as a spoiler sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perraine Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 i didnt think of it as a spoiler sorry Apologies :thumbsup: , it wasn't your post that was the problem, Though there is a lot of great info in the Spoilers Forum about quests and stuff ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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