Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.118.67.131-20140922181150/@comment-17114085-20140924134547

Datadragon Odahviing wrote: < Kadilkhajiit wrote: And no, not anone can learn to shout,only the Greybeards could teach you, and they only teach Nords they deem worthy. And it takes years maybe even decades. And shouts aren't normal magic, they're much more powerful, but there's only four old people who can use them and a few lizards that we could easily beat.

Uh nope, if you were willing to dedicate yourself to studying a shout, you wouldn't need a greybeard teacher. It's just that nobody wants to put in the effort. But if somebody does, they will be able to master it. "That is not true, not everyone can learn the Thu'um. You have to have the affinity for it, as stated by Balgruff. He tried to learn it but couldn't, as he didn't have the affinity. Among Nords it is fairly common, as show by the numerous tongues present in all of Tamriel's history. But among the other races it is pretty rare."