I'm playing the Elder Scrolls Online right now, and I'm trying to understand some of the background of the Amulet of Kings. Specifically I'm confused about the relationship between dragonborn, the descendants of Alessia, and the Amulet of Kings. In the Trials of St. Alessia (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Trials_of_St._Alessia) Akatosh says (emphasis mine):
But Tiber Septim wasn't a descendant of Alessia, right? So was either Akatosh or the author lying? Does that mean that the only requirement to wear the Amulet of Kings is to be dragonborn? Could Miraak, for example, have put on the Amulet of Kings because he was the first dragonborn, even though he was born an era before Alessia ever existed and made the pact with Akatosh?
In ESO none of the 3 faction leaders are either dragonborn or descendants of Alessia (as far as we know). So then the entire war for Cyrodil in ESO is completely misguided, because none of the contenders for the throne would be able to wear the Amulet of Kings and thereby protect Mundus from Oblivion? Even if Molag Bal is defeated and the planemeld is averted, there's nothing stopping any other daedric prince from walking right into Tamriel whenever they feel like it? Mehrunes Dagon could choose to start opening portals all over Tamriel tomorrow just like during the Oblivion crisis, if he wanted to?