Dragonborn (Lore)

''But... there is one they fear. In their tongue, he is 'Dovahkiin'-- Dragonborn!"'' -Esbern

Dragonborn also referred to Dovahkiin is the player charater in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at the start of the game Dragonborn is a prisoner who is set for execution for an unknown reason as has no idea that he is Dragonborn.

In the Teaser Trailer Esbern mentions the reawakening of the Dragons. Immediately after, he mentions that they fear the one they call "Dovahkhiin"-- Dragonborn. The hero of the Skyrim game is an example of a Dragonborn. The Septim Bloodline (Descendendants of the legendary Tiber Septim) are all believed to have been "Dragonborn", and most of these are of the Imperial race, however, Dragonborn can be of any race, as the abilities and title are given by the Nine Divines to favoured subjects.

In the Elder Scrolls universe, the term Dragonborn or Dovahkiin, is used to refer to the descendants of Emperor Tiber Septim, member of the Septim Dynasty of Tamriel, who himself was a descendant of the main Tamrielic Aedra, Akatosh, and St. Alessia, who founded the Alessian Order in the First Era and eventually led to the Septim bloodline.