Farengar Secret-Fire

A prospective student, are you? Well, I'm afraid I'm not much good at teaching. You should try your luck at the College of Winterhold.

Well, I only know what I've heard in the old tales. Shouting is an ancient form of magic - the use of one's voice to project their power.

If you can Shout, you need to go see the Greybeards. They'll know what to do.

I don't know much. Only the old tales about the ancient heroes who would use the Voice to defeat the enemies of Skyrim.

They say the Emperors used to be Dragonborn, but that all ended when Martin died during the Oblivion Crisis.

The Greybeards can tell you much more than I can. They're the masters of the Way of the Voice and taught Tiber Septim himself.

I'll put it simply, so you'll understand. I advise the Jarl in matters of magic.

If the hold is faced with any threats or mysteries of a magical nature, I am called upon to explain things and suggest a course of action.

Hopefully that answer will satisfy you. Good day.

If I said that was a tedious question, would you be smart enough to know what I meant? Probably not.

As long as I'm left alone to pursue my research, I don't care who gives the orders.

Now, I'm a busy man and your pointless questions are boring me terribly. Good day.

Sadly, no. My work affords me few opportunities for such an adventure.

Perhaps some hero will bring one to Dragonsreach, like old Olaf One-Eye once did.

What a fascinating conversation that would be!

I believe I am, yes. Technically speaking, of course. The city is also home to a priest, priestess, an alchemist, and I'm sure others who practice.

Ah, that reminds me. Speaking of alchemists, I have some frost salts for Arcadia. She asked me to obtain them for one of her potions.

Would you be so kind as to deliver the frost salts for me? I'm sure Arcadia will provide some form of recompense...

You make an interesting offer. Very well, I'm sure that I can put the extra coin to good use.

Oh, no. Many were killed, of course. But many survived into historical times.

Why, this very palace was built by one of Balgruuf's ancestors to hold a captive dragon. Hence its name - Dragonsreach.

I'm not surprised you've never heard of it. Even I used to think it was just a myth.

But not anymore. The Dragon War was a real event, although only the barest glimmer of the actual events has come down to us.

Far back in the Mythic Era, the dragons were worshipped as gods in Skyrim.

Many of the monumental ruins that still dot the landscape were, in fact, built as temples to the dragons.

The details are lost, but at some point the Nords rebelled. After a long and terrible war, the Nords overthrew their dragon overlords.