5.2 Khajiits

            As a Khajiit I noticed my race seemed to have a poor reputation in Skyrim. Before I was known as a dragonborn I noticed most people would say something like “don’t you even dare”. So I wondered why Khajiits seem to have such a bad reputation. A girl named Ysolda helped confirm my suspicion. She told me that Khajiits are excellent traders but are disliked by most.  After continuing to search I found I was having a tough time actually getting more information. So I decided to use some other sources. I decided to check out the Khajiit page on the elder scrolls wiki. The wiki said that Khajiit are known for being gifted when it comes to being agile and stealthy. So they make great assasins and thieves. Perhaps this is a reason why Khajiits are so disliked by most other people. Continuing reading the wiki page it stated that Khajiit are treated this way because of their beast-like appearance and that they are viewed as a problematic race. Although it doesn’t really give a good explanation about why they are treated this way. The only thing it says is that this is true in some cases. So I guess I have to assume that a few cases influenced most races. 

5.1 The Voice

It was finally time to make the horrible journey to the Greybeards. I figured I should make the trip as easy as possible so I bought myself a horse. In order to get to them I had to run around a huge mountain to Ivarstead. If I didn't know about the horse this journey would have been a lot more troublesome. The horse traveled so much faster and was able to pass through much more difficult terrain. Along the way I passed a lot of landmarks and even found the entrance to some unmarked location on the map. I figured I’d take a look and inside was a cave with a lot of blue glow. I didn’t want to explore it so I decided to continue to Ivarstead.
 Upon reaching Ivarstead I saw some steps that looked like they led up the mountain, so I went up them. I found a lot of interesting things along the way.  Among them were tablets. I want to say I saw around 10 different tablets. The tablets pretty much said that dragons used to rule and they had the power of the voice. Then man came along, tried to oppose them and but they didn’t have the voice. Then someone named Paarthurnax helped man and man was able to beat the dragons. Then it talked about how amazing the voice is. The voice seems to be considered some sort of godly power. Seeing as it can defeat the dragons and everyone seems amazed when someone can use it. 
The task of obtaining the voice was expected of me because I was a dragonborn. In other words I had the right skill set and was expected to use it to my full potential. This is another important thing that can be applied in many different situations. The easy one would be in a work environment. People get hired based on how qualified they are and when they do get hired they try apply those skills as well as they can. The meeting with the Greybeards made me realize that the existence of my character had a huge impact on the world of Skyrim. But I'm the player so I guess its to be expected.