26th of Last Seed 4E201
Last night was one of the strangest nights of my life. We managed to defeat the dragon, thank the gods that he wasn't the same one from Helgen. After he fell, we got closer to make sure he was truly dead, and he started burning. Irileth ordered everyone to get back, in case something bad happened. We moved away from it, but as he burned strange lights came towards me, surrounding my body. It was like that wall in the barrow, only it felt more powerful. I got so dizzy that I had to crouch down for a bit to keep from falling over. When I looked up, everyone was standing around me looking at me strangely, and nothing was left of the dragon but his skeleton. The guards kept saying I was something called a 'dragonborn', someone who could kill dragons and steal their power. Irileth told them they should trust in their strength instead of myths and legends. They said I could try something called shouting to prove it, and suggested I try it. I did, and what looked like a strong ball of wind came out, knocking a few of the guards off balance. I apologized to them, but they seemed more excited about me being a dragonborn and getting to kill a dragon with me. One told me he was even proud to be my battle brother. Irileth said she was taking command at the watchtower for now, to get things cleaned up. She asked if I could head back to Whiterun to let the jarl know what happened.

We were nearly back to Whiterun when a sound like thunder came down from the sky, and the ground shook. We also heard a voice say "do vah kiin" and more thunder. Jenassa just shrugged her shoulders when I asked what she thought it was. I wanted to go straight to the inn, but I figured that the jarl would still be awake, waiting for news about the dragon. Hopefully Farengar would have some sort of salve for these burns.

Some strange men were arguing with one of the  guards just inside the gate. I didn't stop to see what was going on.

The jarl was still awake, and I told him about the dragon. He told me that I was apparently a dragon born, since the noise we had heard outside of Whiterun was a summons. Some men known as the Greybeards were summoning me to their monastery on top of the Throat of the World, known as High Hrothgar.  He also said he had been there once, and mentioned there being seven-thousand steps to the top. He also mentioned that I should hurry there, since you weren't supposed to refuse their summons. In return for me helping to kill the dragon, he named me the Thane of Whiterun and gave me an axe to serve as my badge of office. He also assigned someone named Lydia to be my house carl. She was waiting near the door to Dragonsreach,  and I asked her what a thane was and what a house carl was. She explained that a thane was someone of great importance in a hold, and that if I were to commit a crime, I could tell the guards who I was and they wouldn't arrest me. As my house carl, she told me that she was sworn to protect me and all I owned with her life. She didn't seem too enthusiastic about it though, most likely since the jarl had ordered her to do it. I thanked her, and told her that I appreciated her nonetheless. I also told her that since I didn't own much that I could manage to guard it myself. She nodded and said that she'd stay here at Dragonsreach for now, and if I ever needed her I could find her here.

We went to the inn for dinner and some rest. I wondered if my muscles would ever stop being sore.

The sun was setting by the time we woke up. I wasn't too surprised, since we had gone to bed in the early hours of the morning. We both decided to just stay at the inn and relax with a nice meal, then rest here for the night before trying to go anywhere. I wondered who the Greybeards were, and why they lived on top of a mountain. I asked Jenassa, she she shrugged and said that perhaps they just didn't like visitors. We would need to get more supplies in the morning. According to Jenassa's map, we had a long way to go to get to their monastery. I hoped that we wouldn't run into any more dragons on our trip, and that maybe after we went to see them, I could finally go to Winterhold to the mage's college.