Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-109.108.7.9-20150406094840/@comment-25479664-20170227152703

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. Perhaps not against a full attack, no. But against a small series of attacks, with the help of Paarthurnax and the Dragonborn they could probably hold on for a good while.