Maybe the dragons are just a part of crowning a new emperor and maybe that will be the player? Also maybe it isn't just one enemy but multiple enemies.

same. bethesda should reveal something before january to ensuretheir whole fanbase still lives to see the gi cover :bonk:

It doesn't have to be Akavir, it could be any group that has previously been defeated but is now returning, and in fact Akavir seems unlikely to me, seeing as there was also a bit about how people didn't want to believe they existed, and it seems to me that the existence of Akavir has never really been disputed. For this same reason, I also really don't by into the notion that whoever is returning is dragons. I suspect we might be dealing with a more obscure threat, though what, I can't really say, or a previously unknown one, but we really won't know for certain until Bethesda releases some information on the subject. I wouldn't be surprised if its in the Game Informer article, since Bethesda never tried to keep the whole Daedric invasion in Oblivion a secret. Although I suppose they COULD decide that they want the nature of Skyrim's antagonists to be a surprise. I'd rather not speculate too much on the subject now as there's a good chance any theories we reach will be proven wrong.



That's the theory that I assume is the case to, because let's face it, making completely unique snake-men models that will only be used in one quest would kind of be a waste. It might have been worthwhile for part of the main quest or even a fairly major guild quest, but we're talking about a side quest some players might never end up doing here. I'd think of we were meant to make anything of it, they'd give a bit of information on the subject, the way its handled in the game, it seems we're supposed to just go with it.

And here's where a bit of a flaw crops up in the reasoning. You see, the only interaction with Akavir that Tamriel has had in any major amount are with the Tsaesci. The Tsaesci are in fact well documented and well known, and have had an important role many times in the history of Tamriel. But now, the Tsaesci are supposedly gone. We're talking about the Ka Po'Tun, a race that's only been mentioned in one highly unreliable book (Mysterious Akavir) that is otherwise not well-known at all. Akavir itself, as a whole, is a land of mystery and doubt. And it's reasonable enough to believe that when being invaded by a bunch of tiger-dragon-folk led by something that calls itself an avatar of Akatosh/Anduin itself, that nobody would want to believe that.



Akavir itself means 'Dragon Land'. The Ka Po'Tun are Tiger Dragons, and their leader, Tosh Raka, has turned himself into one. The Ka Po'Tun have also, evidently, given shelter to the remaining dragons of Akavir after the Tsaesci enslaved them all. If a force of malevolent dragons have decided to invade, there's really no other known place from which they could.