Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-207.28.159.13-20151110163641/@comment-68.151.218.80-20160731082841

Supahbadmarine wrote: Nothing? How about the fact that Arngeir wasn't going to help the Dragonborn to learn Dragonrend until Einharth reminded him that he was out of line. Arngeir was very heavily pushing the Dragonborn towards the Way of the Voice despite his claims that he would not try to enforce it on him.

That doesn't actually prove anything other than Arngeir really believes in the Way of the Voice (which, as has been pointed out, is actually a very traditionalist and conservative practice in the Elder Scrolls universe, making it the polar opposite of the definition of "Liberal"). In fact, Master Einharth's rebuke only provides more evidence that there was no secret conspiracy here. As both Paarthurnax and the Grey Beards explain, learning a shout is taking that shout onto your soul. The Grey Beards regard the Dragonrend shout as an abomination, something akin to an Atom Bomb. A weapon so twisted and devastating that it shouldn't exist. Personally, I think if Paarthurnax and the Grey Beards knew about the Soul Tear shout, they wouldn't feel so bad about you learning Dragonrend.