Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-184.14.198.72-20161112133842

If you read the book "Dragoborn" (it was in the escape tunnels of Helgen I'm pretty sure) it says that anyone who is Dragonborn is a relative of the Emporer. That Akatosh blessed the Emporer and all of their descendents with the gift of being a Dovahkiin. Therefore, your Skyrim character is the rightful Emporer in some way, shape, or form. If you've played Oblivion as well as Skyrim you'd understand a lot more and that book is a connection between them. (I'm sorry if anyone else already said that.)