That presumes a predestined, unalterable future (if the past can be altered, it's reasonable to assume the future can be, too). If the future is changed, then not even the god of time would necessarily know.

We can't say that for sure. The Book of the Dragonborn even questions whether someone is "born" a dragonborn, or if it's something granted at some point in their life.

Actually, he would simply rewind time...what do you THINK is really happening when you reload a saved game?

The player is Akatosh!

Akatosh calls up his good buddy, the Nerevarine. Dragon-born becomes Dragonborn, and once again slays (pseudo-)divine beings for pure amusemant. Yay.

Oh, and on the subject of Dragon(-)born: I still believe the Nerevarine is a true Dragonborn, just that he has a different prophecy to fulfill and his abilities are never made apparent because dragons didn't exist at the time (which is the defining difference between the two). After all, it's mentioned that Cliff Racers were responsible for driving the dragons from Morrowind, and they certainly seem to love attacking the Nerevarine..

Cliff racers hate everyone... The Nerevarine wasn't a dragonborn in Morrowind simply because the idea of Dragonborns hadn't been created back then yet. At least not in the way that it is now, should Morrowind have come after then perhaps that would have been meant by the prophecy, as it stands it mearly stated that the Nerevarine was born in the Septim Empire.

They had been. Talos was Dragonborn, and that was long before the time of the Nerevarine. The only diffierence is that you're the Dragonborn of prophecy in Skyrim. i also doubt he's referred to as Dragon-born because of where he was born, as no other character in-game is referred to in the same way and they all couldn't have been from Morrowind to begin with.

Dragon-born refers to only the Nerevarine in Morrowind. Dragonborn refers to the prophetic hero in Skyrim, as well as those with the ability to absorb the souls of dragons (including Talos). I really don't see it as being a mere coincidence. Dragon-born is, in my mind, Dragonborn. The fact that Tiber Septim (Talos) appears to the Nerevarine in the form of Wulf also implies a connection between the two.

Eeyup.

What I tried saying was that the concept of dragonborn wasn't created by then... So the devs had no way of intending the Nerevarine to be the same kind of Dragonborn as the one in Skyrim is...

So that does mean that the Nerevarine Dragon-born part meant being born in the Empire, which is kind off special as Morrowind had never been ruled by a party outside of Morrowind, ever.

I don't think it's that simple. Morrowind was part of the Empire at the time, meaning anyone born in Morrowind was also born in the Empire.

Dragon-born has something to do with the Septims, who are all said to have dragon blood. In Sermon 9 of the 36 Lessons of Vivec, Ysmir, Dragon of the North (otherwise known as Talos, or Tiber Septim), is depicted as having the ability to use Thu'um, although none of his future generations are said to have had the same power. That would imply that all the Septims were Dragonborn, but couldn't learn Thu'um because dragons no longer existed (meaning they could absord the souls of dragons, but had no souls to absorb and therefore couldn't learn Thu'um).

So yes, the concept of Dragonborn did exist at the time. It just wasn't as refined or apparent as it is in Skyrim.

First, you don't have to be Dragonborn to Thu'um.You don't need dragon souls either. Second, that Ysmir is probably a referance to King Wulfharth. In Skyrim, he is mentioned to be a Dragonborn but before that he was a Shezarrine and Tongue.

Though both Septim and Wulfharth are Talos now.

Alduin wouldn't awake.

WIthout the Event, there is no Prophesy.

Without the Hero, there is no Event.

For our next exciting lore discussion: what would have happened if Anu, instead of creating Nirn, just shrugged and let creation die?

Alduin would arrive at Helgern, realize the Dovahkiin was dead, and start crying.

One of the guards would take up the battle. He was dragonborn all along, he just didn't know it yet.

He would get replaced for sure, but until that. Alduin would have already devoured the world.

Alduin is only as powerful as the number of souls in sovngarde he devours?

ANU SHRUGGED: featuring a 96-page long speech by Magnus on the dangers of showing charity to illicit spectra.

Y U SPOIL IT? THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE climix!

Hmmmm. That's a tough one. Let's say that your fate would be changed so that you were to die there. People keep saying that the soul of a dragon would be given to someone else. That all depends on if your dragon born from birth, or if Akatosh decides to give it you later in life.
But let's say you are the LAST dragonborn, which is what they got us thinking.
Alduin would then be able to destroy the kalpa, and a new one would start. Granted, Papa Akatosh would likely give him quite the rough talking afterwards.
Of course, Akatosh could just rewind time until things go his way.
On a side note, I find it funny that Alduin ends up releasing his downfall. Especially because it seems like he came to helgen to kill you

Along with his access to the mysterious 'Console'. Rumour has it that soon he'll also be in possession of the extremely powerful world shaping artifact 'The Creation Kit'.

I read this yesterday, and I'm still laughing.

The player must be dragonborn from birth because of the nature of what that means. People who are dragonborn are born with aedric dragon souls rather than normal black souls. That isn't something that changes later in life, as your soul is the essence of who you are. You are actually a dragon, just living in a humanoid form.

The Awful Fighting would begin again.

The Dragonborn did die at Helgen. He would have lived if he hadn't rushed the priest and had let her do her prayer. You were next in line, so you became dragonborn. That's why the screen went all blurry. That was you receiving the "gift".

"Each event is preceded by a prophecy. But without a hero, there is no event." -Zurin Arctus