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	Have you listened to the sound of the Skyrim breeze rustling the cloak of the Dovahkiin as he stands, proud and silent, atop a rugged mountain range? Have you read his thoughts in the frail grass and felt the strength of his resolve? <em>Have you</em>? Listen to this stunning rendition of the <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skyrim">Skyrim</a> </em>bard song "The Dragonborn Comes," and you will feel as if you have.<br />
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	Singer Malukah (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/malufenix">Malufenix</a>) performs in both English and the language of the dragons in this hauntingly beautiful song -- it has already been used in a <a href="http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2101">mod</a>, and anyone interested can download the track directly from <a href="http://soundcloud.com/malukah/the-dragonborn-comes-skyrim">Soundcloud</a>. Personally, we have it on repeat to soothe our sensitive, creative psyches.</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/03/soothe-your-soul-with-skyrims-dragonborn-bard-song-by-malukah/">Soothe your soul with Skyrim's Dragonborn bard song, by Malukah</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/03/soothe-your-soul-with-skyrims-dragonborn-bard-song-by-malukah/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20120148/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/03/soothe-your-soul-with-skyrims-dragonborn-bard-song-by-malukah/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Dovahkiin</category><category>dragonborn</category><category>elder-scrolls-5</category><category>malufenix</category><category>Malukah</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>skyrim</category><category>Skyrim-song</category><category>the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child (dragon) born on 11/11/11 named Dovahkiin, bullies cower in fear]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/child-dragon-born-on-11-11-11-named-dovahkiin-bullies-cower-i/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/child-dragon-born-on-11-11-11-named-dovahkiin-bullies-cower-i/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/child-dragon-born-on-11-11-11-named-dovahkiin-bullies-cower-i/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; ">
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Maybe you thought nobody would take up <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/22/bethesda-proves-its-really-serious-about-baby-name-contest/">Bethesda on its offer</a> to reward anyone who named a child born on 11/11/11 "Dovahkiin" with a lifetime supply of Bethesda games, to mark the birth of its latest RPG opus, <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skyrim">Skyrim</a></em>. Well, you were wrong and that's something both you, and 8 pound, 1/2 ounce Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer, will have to live with. The day before the delivery, the young warrior's mother wrote, "We've toyed with Dovahkiin and the ramifications of naming a child that name, and that name being based on a video game character (however awesome), and what impact that would have on him. But the more I thought of it, the more I settled on Dovahkiin, contest or no."<br />
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Congratulations to the Kellermeyers and, especially, to young Dovakhiin. Internet wisdom says you're going to be bullied, but we've got an alternative point of view: Like a boy named Sue, you're going to "have to get tough or die and it's the name that helped to make you strong." And by strong, we mean <em>you can shout people to death</em>. Be gentle.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/child-dragon-born-on-11-11-11-named-dovahkiin-bullies-cower-i/">Child (dragon) born on 11/11/11 named Dovahkiin, bullies cower in fear</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/child-dragon-born-on-11-11-11-named-dovahkiin-bullies-cower-i/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20109025/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/child-dragon-born-on-11-11-11-named-dovahkiin-bullies-cower-i/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Bethesda-Softworks</category><category>Dovahkiin</category><category>elder-scrolls-5</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>skyrim</category><category>the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Grant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch the sounds of Skyrim get made, pre-order the four-disc soundtrack]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/watch-the-sounds-of-skyrim-get-made-pre-order-the-four-disc-sou/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/watch-the-sounds-of-skyrim-get-made-pre-order-the-four-disc-sou/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/watch-the-sounds-of-skyrim-get-made-pre-order-the-four-disc-sou/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; ">
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We appreciate all the work that went into the sounds of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skyrim"><em>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim</em></a>, as seen in the developer diary posted above. It seems a bit excessive though -- the only sounds and music we need are ones to accompany us breaking into every house, and stealing every pair of pants.<br />
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Regardless, if you want the powerful hymns of a barbarian choir to make your working day that much more enthralling, you can pre-order the four-disc <em>Skyrim</em> soundtrack through <a href="http://www.directsong.com/mobile/productdetails.php?productid=2240">DirectSong</a> right now, for $29.99. That's a lot to pay for a soundtrack, but just imagine how great you'll feel as you fold your laundry as ninety dudes shout "DOVAHKIIN! DOVAHKIIN! DOVAHKIIIIIIN!" at you.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/watch-the-sounds-of-skyrim-get-made-pre-order-the-four-disc-sou/">Watch the sounds of Skyrim get made, pre-order the four-disc soundtrack</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/watch-the-sounds-of-skyrim-get-made-pre-order-the-four-disc-sou/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20097797/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/watch-the-sounds-of-skyrim-get-made-pre-order-the-four-disc-sou/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Bethesda-Game-Studios</category><category>Bethesda-Softworks</category><category>dovahkiin</category><category>elder-scrolls-5</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>skyrim</category><category>soundtrack</category><category>the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griffin McElroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skyrim's promotional army of Dragonborn coming for you]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/06/skyrims-promotional-army-of-dragonborn-coming-for-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/06/skyrims-promotional-army-of-dragonborn-coming-for-you/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/06/skyrims-promotional-army-of-dragonborn-coming-for-you/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">
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The most important part of any transaction is the close, when the salesperson in question has to be just a little bit aggressive and really "ask" for the sale. But we worry Bethesda might have overdone the aggressive thing just a <em>tad</em> with these bronzed Dragonborn statues headed to a retailer near you.<br />
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Good luck buying any game not called <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skyrim">Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim</a></em> after November 11, what with Dovahkiin glowering over you, the smell of mutton and mead still thick on his breath.<br />
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"<em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/uncharted-3">Uncharted 3</a></em>, peon? That's what you're buying? Well, I hope you're not <em>split</em> on the decision!"<br />
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... Oh, sorry, he cuts you in half with a battle axe when he says the "split" part. Forgot to mention.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/06/skyrims-promotional-army-of-dragonborn-coming-for-you/">Skyrim's promotional army of Dragonborn coming for you</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/06/skyrims-promotional-army-of-dragonborn-coming-for-you/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20035970/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/06/skyrims-promotional-army-of-dragonborn-coming-for-you/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bethesda</category><category>dovahkiin</category><category>elder-scrolls-5</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>skyrim</category><category>the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin McElroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>