Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25120405-20140705234245/@comment-25528618-20141120222848

Talynamberskye wrote: Don't mean to sound sassy, but as a horsewoman in real life, I would not definitively say that horses have no concept of gender. I believe they most certainly do, very much so. Not that it matters for Shadomere, he/she is just pixels. But Frost is stated to be a stallion. More inconsistencies within the game? Or Shadowmere is a magickal construct, and sexless(supposedly) like the deadra? Then why do they give them male or female voices if they are sexless...arghh.,makes no sense to me. Deadra are sexless, but some prefer the male form, and others prefer a female form. They could easily change their sex at their own free will.

Anyway, it's unknown if Shadowmere is a male or female. Lucian Lachance refered to Shadowmere as a "she" in Oblivion, but when you summon his Spectral Assassin he'll refer to Shadowmere as a "he" whenever he sees the horse. Astrid will either refer to Shadowmere as a he or a she, but never at the same time. Shadowmere may very well be sexless, though.