Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-8248675-20140503074634

T'hum is magic, but a different kind of magic, an ancient magic that was given to Nords by the goddess Kynareth. Well the ability to learn it, was given by her to Ancient Nordic heroes and Paarthurnax had taught them the t'hum, so they could defeat Alduin. Being Breton and using t'hum is irrelavant. Anyone can learn t'hum, it just takes a really long time to do so, Nords were the first ones to ever use t'hum other then the Dragons, so they didn't dislike this kind of magic. Dragonborns are those who are blessed by Akatosh, they can naturally learn t'hum unlike other people. Hjalti Early Beard was born, officially Breton, because more then likely that is who his mother was. However, he definetly have a Nordic name, not Breton and Early Beard probably reffers to his Nordic clan name. That would make his father, more then likely a Nord. So as I believe we established sometime ago, Hjalti was half Nord and half Breton, officially he was of his mother's race; which would be Breton. However, like all mix bloods, he probably looked like both, Nord and Breton.