Bend Will

"Some tales tell of ancient Nord heroes whose Voices were powerful enough to tame and ride dragons."

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 is a Dragon shout in. It is learned during the main quest of.

Effects
Unlike most shouts, its three words have different effects.
 * The first word can be used to purge the All-Maker Stones in Solstheim during the quest "Cleansing the Stones".


 * The second word allows the will of people and animals to be controlled. It makes them temporary allies to the Dragonborn.


 * The third word allows the will of dragons to be controlled. This grants the ability to ride them. Hermaeus Mora teaches the last two parts of the shout during the main questline for Dragonborn.
 * Undead are immune to the effects of all 3 words of Bend Will, getting staggered instead.

Trivia

 * This shout cannot be used to ride Alduin nor the dragons at Skuldafn.
 * It cannot be used on Paarthurnax but it can be used on Odahviing.
 * This shout cannot be used on the dragon Vulthuryol in Blackreach.
 * While a Dragon has landed it will not respond to attacks, meaning you can get a few good hits in and possibly ground the beast before it can even respond (Tested on ps3, need confirmation across other platforms)
 * Bend Will serves as an effective replacement for Kyne's Peace and it will also work on anything other than animals, including hostile NPCs, and of course, Dragons. However, the duration of the effect is limited.