Skyrim is a virtual reality game where you are someone called the Dovahkin, a person born with dragon's blood. You learn the dragon's language by saying different shouts, which the dragon's use to attack the capital city's and blast the villagers away. The main story is when you are heading toward a town called Helgan to get your head chopped off, as your about to lose your head, a  dragon named Alduin attacks, within the commotion you escape with one of the people that helped you,and your adventure begins.