 The player returns to Whiterun with the Dragonstone , only to learn that another dragon has appeared near the city . After slaying the dragon with assistance from the city 's guards , the player unexpectedly absorbs the dragon 's soul which grants them the ability to perform a magical ability called a " Thu 'um " , or Shout . The city 's guards are astonished , and inform the player that they must be a Dragonborn , a mortal born with the soul and power of a dragon . After returning to the Jarl with news of the dragon 's defeat , the player is summoned to meet with the Greybeards , an order of monks who live in seclusion in their temple of High Hrothgar on the slopes of Skyrim 's tallest mountain , the Throat of the World . 
