Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-109.108.7.9-20150406094840/@comment-31749360-20170415193440

Purrington wrote: This talk of "A mere whisper could rip someone apart" is highly exaggerated. When the Greybeards do speak to the Dragonborn, such as when they greet them post-initiation, and the initation itself, it merely causes the ground to shake. It's not like they're going to topple entire armies by causing the earth to rumble.

There is no doubting the power of the Greybeards, however to claim that they can decimate military forces such the Imperial Legion or the Aldmeri Dominion is just the sheerest folly. If one Greybeard can shake a whole mountain with a whisper what do you think all four of them and Paarthurnax can do? I think the Thalmor are mildly scared because the Greybeards would basically destroy their whole army (if need be). Lucky for the Thalmor the Greybeards are pacifistic old men who live in seclusion :p