Seconds before the Dragonborn's execution, Alduin attacks, providing a chance for escape. Upon reaching Helgen, the local Imperial Captain sentences all the prisoners to death. While being transported to the settlement of Helgen, the Dragonborn discovers that Ulfric Stormcloak, the leader of the Stormcloak Rebellion, is a fellow prisoner. It is said that the Blades have always guided, protected, and served the Dragonborn, whom they consider 'The Ultimate Dragon Slayer.' Īt the beginning of Skyrim, 7 AM of the 17th of Last Seed 4E 201, the Dragonborn is a prisoner, who had been captured by members of the Imperial Legion. Much like previous Dragonborn individuals who existed throughout history, such as Reman Cyrodiil, Tiber Septim and Miraak, the Last Dragonborn has the ability to consume a slain dragon's soul and absorb its knowledge and power, allowing them to learn words of power almost instantaneously, though reportedly neither Reman nor Tiber have ever killed a dragon and absorbed its soul. This could signal that the real translation of 'Dov-ah-kiin' is 'Born Hunter of Dragonkind,' when the traditional naming convention of dragons is held.

When called upon by the Greybeards after killing Mirmulnir, Dov-Ah-Kiin is stressed as three separate words. Something of further interest is that dragons use the term Dovahkiin as a proper noun to address or talk about the Dragonborn and the dragon naming convention holds that names consist of three words. In Dragon language, 'Dovahkiin' is a combination of the words 'Dovah,' meaning ' dragon,' and 'kiin,' meaning 'born,' or 'child' which is typically translated to 'Dragonborn,' but it can also be translated to 'Dragonchild.' Dovahkiin also has a second meaning: the 'Dov' in 'Dovah' refers to Dragonkind as a whole, while the 'ah' means 'hunter.' Interpreted thus, the name reads 'Dragonkind Hunter Born,' or 'Born Hunter of Dragonkind,' an appropriate description of what the Dragonborn is destined to do. 'In their tongue he is Dovahkiin, Dragonborn.' ― Esbern in the Skyrim trailer

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