Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11296535-20130914180002/@comment-58.178.95.3-20150314044349

Panic the Wolf wrote: 99.49.194.30 wrote: Olof could shout so he was either dovakin or a greybeard and only dovakin or grey beard can kill dragons from the minute they see each other PS I know every thing about skyrim This is false. Ulfric Stormcloak can shout, and he is neither Dovahkiin nor Greybeard, though he likely gained the ability by training with the latter. I wanna know why he and the Greybeards can shout without being able to absorb dragon souls, though. Besides, dozens of high-level draugr can shout. Olaf One-Eye is not unique in this ability.

Anyone can learn to shout, it just take a hell of a time to learn the way of the voice, you don't need to absorb dragon souls, the dragonborn absorbs them and he from that soul they learn a word of power. Imagine it as a test, ulfric and the greybeards study for heaps long and the dragonborn just cheats and copies when it's time to do the test.