Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.253.68.177-20131021030335/@comment-24081142-20131024101215

Far-fetched speculation - sorry for double-posting...

I just read another related thread and realized that the first 4 games are a lot closer together in time than I thought. It still seems likely that the Eternal Champion and Hero of Daggerfall are the same person, and that person could have later been sent to Morrowind and been revealed as the reincarnation of Nerevar. Bear in mind that, while the Nerevarine arrived in Morrowind as a prisoner, he was transferred there on direct instructions from the Emperor, with orders to immediately contact a nearby Blades agent. The Emperor moves in mysterious ways, and appears to act on information to which nobody else has access. So it is possible (though not definite) that the hero of the first two games was then imprisoned and deported on fictitious charges, with or without his own agreement, as a deliberate cover to keep people from knowing that the Emperor was sending his top agent.

We know that the Nerevarine and Hero of Kvatch are almost certainly not the same person, since the Nerevarine is reported to be in Akavir during the Oblivion Crisis. This could of course be deliberate misinformation by either the Nerevarine or the Emperor himself. It seems unlikely, but is not beyond the realms of possibility that the Nerevarine could have had his memory removed or altered by magic or simple hypnosis, if for instance the Emperor had wanted that person's innate potential for power, but didn't want to deal with the associated 'baggage'.

Elves can live for many centuries. Possibly so can a non-elf with an Elven soul (ie, the Nerevarine). Vampires can live forever, and can potentially become mortal again centuries later, having essentially skipped through time without aging. Time may flow differently in Oblivion, allowing an extended lifespan. So it is possible that the Last Dragonborn either is the Hero of Kvatch, or at least knew or was related to him. The Hero of Kvatch may or may not have become Sheogorath, depending on player choices, but assuming that this actually happened...

(A) He may have handed the title on and become mortal again, or

(B) Being the Mad God, it's entirely possible that at times he may not know that he's Sheogorath, but might believe himself to be either his original mortal self, or even a completely imagined identity.

So, as unlikely as it sounds, it remains possible that they are all, at least partly, the same person. I don't necessarily believe this theory myself, but it's very hard to logically disprove it without making some equally wild assumptions.