Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13446185-20130727042242/@comment-212.242.237.36-20151023192546

I guess Judgespektre is somewhat right. The fact that Miraak is Dragonborn is (probably) supposed to make the player feel: "Finally, someone on my own level" - but not only is Miraak Dragonborn, but as the trailer clearly states "He was the first", so he is in fact also a more experienced Dragonborn than the player, having lived since the Merethic era.

Also, on the subject of whether Alessia or Miraak was the first of the Dragonblood. It is stated that St. Alessia was the first Dragonborn in recorded history. Recorded history - and seeing as the only people that truly remembered Miraak is the isolated Skaal village on Solstheim, there's a fair chance that their tales of Dragonborns were not included when the history of Tamriel was written? Is it not possible that, while Alessia is hailed as the first Dragonborn, it is simply because the scholars missed/ignored what the Skaal had to say on the subject?