lol, This thread is hilarious to me because everyone want's to be this "dovahkiin" and if they have to play a support role they'll be pissed. Did you really feel like an errand boy? I felt like the Leader of the Black hand, the thieves guild, the mages guild, and the only contributing member of the vampire hunters, oh and I also was the holy crusader as though that's a meaningless venture and did I forget to mention that I AM SHEOGORATH. I did a hell of a lot more than Martin ever did. Sure, Martin got a lot of credit but that's how it goes when you're the son of the emperor and you turn into a dragon in the middle of the imperial city to fight an evil god. I sure didn't feel like second banana though. I mean, what does it take? Do you have to be the center of EVERY major event to not be some joe schmoe.

To be perfectly honest, the main quest is never really that big of deal to me. I had a LOT of other things on my mind and my character was busy enough. I'm just poking at people now, after this I'm going to go live under a bridge. Who knew one could troll his own thread lol!

Ok you guys and gals,
how about this?

Main character is shipwrecked and becomes a slave in.... Akavir!
Political strings are being pulled, and the player gets a chance to serve some tribe or people in Akavir in a freer way,
and then we start to climb the ranks. After a while you end up as a high ranking agent of Akavir, and you get to lead
the crusade against the Dragonborn!

This isn't likely at all of course, but could be fun!
Also.. please give Bethesda some credit.
Why does everybody think that they're going to borrow
their approach to storytelling from either Morrowind or Oblivion.
I'm pretty sure they're capable of coming up with something new!

Hey all, I'm new here I made an account because I can't understand how you guys are so uncreative? For you to see what I mean I'll show you what I wanted to happen at the end of oblivion...

Deadra guy is destroying city
You take Martin to the temple
He starts to become a dragon Thingy when...
BAM the deadra guy stomps on him killing him instantly
It's now up to you to figure out how to kill this guy yourself and repair the falling empire
Heck maybe it's a whole other section to the main quest

Why can't they be planning something creative like that for skyrim??

Glad to be here,
Chaseninja

You know Bethesda and their keeping straight with lore. They might make Tiber Septim have some split-half Dunmer child with a maid or something. A little Desperate Housewivesy, but it's Bethesda!

Well, I don't remember where I saw this but, they said it is a direct continuation of Oblivion so, Since all the Septims are dead and it is a new Era, I think there could be a new Dragonborn. Tiber Septim was without anyone else before him...

No one wants another Warp in the West incident. The Dragonborn pretty much has to be a man, otherwise he wouldn't be an heir to the Seat of Sundered Kings.

The Nerevarine was supposed to be Dunmer, Dovakhiin is supposed to be Nord, coinicidence that htey don't have to be?

Is there any record in the lore of dragons fearing Tiber Septim?

For all we know, the Dragonborn lineage may date back before even the Septim line, to the age of this long-forgotten dragon war. Tiber may simply be one inheritor of the title, and the new PC could become the latest. The question is how.

The Septim's employed dragons, one fought for the Emperor in Redguard. Nedes could communicate with them and have served under man in exchange for sanctuary. Not to mention Tiber Septim is knows as Ysmir Dragon of the North, in Skyrim. When man looks at him all they see is a dragon.

Maybe I'm just off in the field thinking mud is gold, but isn't the Dragonborn someone who is in the emperial bloodline... like Uriel Septim? I know that the bloodline died out at the end of th Oblivion crisis, but still. Or as someone before wrote, that the player will somehow become the Dragonborn...

So far there have been three bloodlines to become "Dragonborn" The line of Allessia, Reman Cyrodiil, and Tiber Septim. Tiber Septim is just the one people most often associate with the title of Dragonborn. My theory, among a few others on these forums is that during the course of the main quest of Skyrim either the player will make it so a new "Dragonborn" bloodline will be made or their own line will become "Dragonborn" the latter would be more difficult because then you will have to have a set "cannon" race/six for the Dovahkiin. (or Dragonborn.)

Meh if the Nerevarine can be an Argonian the dragonborn could be any race as well.

If the Dragonborn is the PC, I guess we're in for another Dragon Break.

Ok so what evidence do you have to support this claim?

Can't we all agree it's much more fun to help someone else become the dragonborn, to help someone else become the ultimate fighter and champion, to help someone else fit into a black soul gem after the game is over? It worked for Vivec.

Slave masters can/did have six with their slaves. Just look at The Gray Prince. Half orc, half imperial vampire. Can really be any race.

P.S. I wrote this one handed because I have a milkshake in my other hand. I use a glove to hold it because it's cold.

Edit: Turns out this glove is waterproof.

I personally hope you don't become the Emperor, for role-play reasons. Then again only a third of my characters usually go through the main quest anyway.

I don't think we need another Dragon Break. If anything they can just pull a Mass Effect at be like "This way is cannon" as in, "Cannon wise the Dovahkiin is a Nord male" I'm not a fan of that for TES games, but I definitely do not want the warp in the west v2.0
I'd prefer just one way to be cannon.

Edit* Of course I never did feel like a "sidekick" either. I mean, I was out there kicking daedric ass while Martin used his knowledge to figure out a way to get the amulet back. Which I did myself because I'm a bad ass. Martin was almost a tool for my character to use for me. Albeit a tool who was my friend. So, I would be fine with not being the Dovahkiin.

I want stories where the heroes are liars, and true courage and conviction is shown by the wrong people in the right place.

I would just rather not be the Dragonborn, for the above reasons.

I edited my earlier post to clarify. I'm not really taking a side for Dragonborn or not. Either way is fine with me. Just as long as there is no Warp in the west scenario I'll be happy.

ur going to be dragonborn.. just like in all the other games u r really important... just like all the other games u can be w/e race u want. just like an orc nerarvarine like wut i had. nobody said dovakihn had ot be a white or imperial. it was just a trailer showing him. if they did either of those to us they wuld lose fans.

I just meant I wanted a definitive canon.

You could be a reincarnation of the Dragonborn, as you were a reincarnation of Nerevar Indroil in Morrowind and could choose any race.

Rules out Nords. Dragonborn has nothing to do with heredity, anyway.