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The Dragonborn Journey
As the screen fades from darkness into a first-person view of your surroundings, your first sight would be three other men in a wagon. As you learn momentarily, the man seated across from you is Ralof, a personal guard to Ulfric Stormcloak, current Jarl of Windhelm and leader of the Stormcloak rebellion. The man next to you on your right is Ulfric himself, who appears to be gagged. The man next to Ralof would be Lokir, a horse thief. You wake up, which is first noticed by Ralof, who had been explaining what was happening to them to Lokir. Ralof and Ulfric had been on a mission when they were ambushed and captured by Imperial soldiers. Ralof greets you sternly as Lokir continues to wonder how he had come to be in a wagon heading to be executed along with the Jarl of Windhelm. Lokir begins to realize that he and you do not belong with the Stormcloaks and have been confused as rebels. Lokir prays to Akatosh as Ralof berates him for his cowardice in the face of execution. Ulfric is silent the entire wagon ride due to the gag which had been placed on him. This is because Ulfric has a special ability called the Thu'um, or Voice, which allows him to speak in the dragon lamguage and thus alter the world around him by Shouting. As the conversation between Ralof and Lokir dies down, the wagon rolls through the gates of a small, walled town named Helgen. Civilians are seen walking around town, even a young boy is heard being told to do his chores so that he doesn't witness the executions. The wagon ahead of yours stops, quickly followed by your own. All of the prisoners are led out of the wagon into the street, where they are called individually by an Imperial officer named Hadvar. As Lokir, whos panic has been rising at the thought of his accidental execution, is called, he runs, but in vain, as the Imperial Captain beside Hadvar calls for archers to shoot him down. As Lokir falls beneath a hail of arows, Ulfric is called forward. The Imperials ridicule him claiming they've cut off the rebellion at its head. Ralof is called and titled as a Stormcloak. It is then that you are called. You hop down from the wagon and step forward toward Hadvar, who, not seeing your name on the execution list, asks the Imperial Captain what to do with you. Although your own crime is never specified, The Imperial Captain orders you to be executed as well, for the sake of convenience. This is where you are allowed to customize your own appearance, choosing your sex, race, and features as you please. The prisoners, all Stormcloaks besides yourself, are lined up before a headsman and his block. A Priestess of Mara begins giving the first soldier his last rites when he cuts her off and demands that they get this over with. The Priestess falls silent as he is forced down to kneel down onto a block. The headsman decapitates him and his head falls into a basket next to the block. You are called next, and as Hadvar apologizes to you for your bad luck, you kneel down facing the headsman. As he readies himself and pulls back the axe, a large dragon can be seen flying towards Helgen. The dragon lands on top a tower behind the headsman, shaking the earth and throwing him off balance. You are knocked to the ground, passed out. You awaken momentarily, with your hands still bound, and are called over by either Hadvar or Ralof. At this time everything you see and do becomes subjective to the player.