 The Greybeards further train the player in the " Way of the Voice " , teaching the player more powerful Thu <unk> and instructing the player on their destiny and role as the Dragonborn . The player learns that Skyrim 's civil war is the last in a sequence of prophetic events foretold by the Elder Scrolls , which also predicted the return of Alduin , the first dragon and the Nordic god of destruction . Alduin is prophesied to destroy the races of Men and Mer , and consume the world . The player character is the latest and likely last " <unk> " , or Dragonborn . <unk> are anointed by the gods to help fend off the threat Alduin and other dragons pose to Tamriel . 
