Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11458474-20130926235435/@comment-11458474-20130928174226

GarouxBloodline wrote: TheItalianMafia wrote: But the greybeards fit the bill just like That Gun. They are inhabitance of the castle of Hrothgar, just like the Greybeards in skyrim are inhabitance of High Hrothgar. Not to mention High Hrothgar is already a refrence from Beowulf. I don't think it's sheer coincidence that the inhabitance are the same.


 * The Skyrim Greybeards are monks; not warriors.


 * The Skyrim Greybeards have no relations with the Jarls, nor the High King. They keep to themselves and their monastic order.


 * The Skyrim Greybeards do not know magic, unlike the Greybeards in Beowulf. (They had visions) They merely know how to speak the Dragon's tongue.


 * In stark contrast, the Skyrim Greybeards consider prophecy as blasphemy, and utterly forbid the use of the Elder Scrolls, except under the most severe of circumstances.

I guess you are right.
 * The Skyrim Greybeards have never gotten themselves involved with political events, or even wars that threaten their way of life. They are content to keep to themselves isolated, and train the very few they accept into their order. The only exception is with the return of Alduin. And they only got involved because the war involved the dragons.