Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.253.68.177-20131021030335/@comment-3524435-20140405181231

By this logic, the real Dragonborn in Skyrim would be a guy that never wears anything but crappy, weak armor. How dull.

If you want to assert that the Hero of Kvatch is an Imperial (can only be certain by checking creation kit) then you should also know that his name (in Oblivion's construction Set) is Bendu Olo. Interesting to note that Bendu Olo is also the Nerevarine's "true" name.

Remember that Sheogorath is a non-corporeal entity. Daedric Princes often appear in a specific form, but they don't have a true "body". Sheogorath appeared as a crazy human guy most of the time. It's his iconic look. It would make sense that the new Sheogorath would do something similar. The Sheo in Skyrim could have easily been a Dunmer woman 200 years ago.

That's my whole point. Info about previous characters always been unspecified and left up in the air. Yes, the Hero of Kvatch is shown as an Imperial guy there because that's the default look. They had to choose how to make the pc look for promotional reasons. The most obvious character to use is a male(most common chosen gender in most games) Imperial(the game centers around these people and their homeland). But aside from that odd little reference the half-mad coot Neloth made to the Nerevarine's gender, there has been no specific mention of a previous pc's changeable characteristics. Or, for that matter, what happened to them.