As mentioned earlier today, the back cover for Game Informer’s Skyrim issue features some cryptic dragon text. All day we’ve seen some valiant efforts to translate it, but no one’s been able to crack the code.
Trust us, you’re going to have better results if you using Game Informer’s secret decoder ring translation key.
Head here to get started, and stay tuned to Game Informer’s Skyrim hub this month for more details on the game.
I like the part about the secret decoder ring.
…Drink more Ovaltine?
That is brilliant. That is brilliant!!!
We thought, it is english. The song made sense.
But now, the new language has another meaning.
Really great
dovahkiin dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal
ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
dovahkiin fah hin kogaan mu draal
ahrk fin kel lost prodah
do ved viing ko fin krah
tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein
alduin feyn do jun
kruziik vokun staadnau
voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein
Translated:
dragonborn dragonborn
by his honor is sworn
to keep evil forever at bay
and the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph’s shout
dragonborn for your blessing we pray
and the scrolls have fortold
of black wings in the cold
that when brothers wage war come unfurled
alduin bane of kings
ancient evil unbound
with a hunger to swallow the world
I guess that means that the big bad guy of Skyrim is going to be a black dragon named Alduin?
I decoded it! Am I allowed to post the decoded version?
Awesome! I’m off to decode!
cover translation :
DRAGONBORN DRAGONBORN
BY HIS HONOR IS SWORN
TO KEEP EVIL FOREVER AT BAY
AND THE FIERCEST FOES ROUT
WHEN THEY HEAR TRIUMPH’S SHOUT
DRAGONBORN FOR YOUR BLESSING WE PRAY
AND THE SCROLLS HAVE FORTOLD
OF BLACK WINGS IN THE COLD
THAT WHEN BROTHERS WAGE WAR COME UNFURLED
alduin BANE OF KINGS
ANCIENT SHADOW UNBOUND
WITH A HUNGER TO SWALLOW THE WORLD
Ye gads! I wonder if the ones returning are the..Dwemer race or perhaps the ones that destroyed them.