Who is the Dragonborn's unidentified "friend".

[Vylayan]

The 'friend' was Delphine. She was trying to see if you are the Dragonborn or not and, once you meet her an prove it, they stop.

[TheVampireDante]

once you meet her an prove it, they stop.

 

No they don't.

 

Plus, as already stated - the courier says it's a male that gives them the letter.

[Sjogga]

 

Plus, as already stated - the courier says it's a male that gives them the letter.

 

 

Doesn't rule out the fact that Delphine could have used a male contact to deliver the letter to the courier.

 

Personally I find the most logical reason that the "friend" is a random adventurer that heard the Dragonborn shout. This explains the omnipresence. The reason it is anonymous is because said person is afraid of the Thalmor finding out that he's helped the Dragonborn.

[MODinsane]

Most likely the best answer, however, I don't have anyone showing up in a little hat and loin cloth. I might consider that person may have left their clothes and forgot them in the Luxury Suite. Either that or they are looking for a date. lol

 

Farengar being and ex-Blade or at the very least a Blade contact.

[MidbossVyers]

Apparently, someone strong enough to spy on the Dragonborn from Apocrypha.

[SonOfMyths73]

I have an idea. Anyone here played Daggerfall? Well, in Daggerfall, there is a book called The Sage that describes an immortal mage who's destiny is to give advice, knowledge, and aid to all magic users. He is known to have premonitions from the gods, is a Breton man, and has lived long enough to know the exact locations of the Word Walls. And before you go saying, "But what if the Dragonborn is a warrior", the Thu'um is just another form of magic, is it not? That is how Bethesda described it, anyhow. So it is entirely likely that these letters are being sent by the Sage. He's the most powerful mage in existance, more so then even the Psijic Monks; He would have the magical power to peirce even the veil of Oblivion.

 

Another theory is that the sender might be another Dragonborn. I choose to believe that the map being a zoom out of the mind is actually a power that all Dragonborn possess. It would explain the seeming omnisience of Uriel Septim in Oblivion; The Dragonblood is said to be the blood of Akatosh, who is omnicient; and another Dragonborn, presumably an heir of Talos in hiding from the Thalmor, would have had years to master the voice, meaning he could sense the Word Walls in the same way as the Greybeards.

 

Just throwing those two theories out there.

[fanuilh1]

Why not Akatosh? He blesses the Dragonborn and is essentially the guiding hand in all of this. Becoming an avatar would be a snp for the Father of all the gods. It could also be Paarthanax via a greybeard maybe Einerth. Dragons can hear the shouts and as a son of Akatosh who is in the Know could pass the info.

[TheVampireDante]

I think someone would notice a Graybeard being down from High Hrothgar.

 

Only way I see it being them, would be if they were leaving notes in the supply chest for Klimmek, that in turn were to be delivered to the courier on his nest round through Ivarstead.

 

As for being Akatosh - pretty sure if it was him that the "delivery method" for the information would be something other than a small letter via a courier service. It'd at least be something a little more reliable, as (although it doesn't happen) there was always a chance that the courier could be killed and the message unseen by the Dovahkiin. I know that the divines don't usually act in a direct manner, but something a little more "targeted" would have been more likely.

[Dracula420]

i think either Akatosh or Kynerath are sending them via a devout follower. they would know where they all are and which ones you already know. and they could probably appear in what ever physical form they desire. maybe that mysterious courier is actually a one of the 9 divines in disguise?

[Dumitas]

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