Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13436964-20130726062712/@comment-3030055-20131115015026

One rather obscure game that did that sort of plot that I played a long time ago was Gothic 4, the main character that you play as in the first 3 games, and the 3rd game's expansion pack, becomes that main antagonist in the fourth game. I hated it. As with most RPGs the whole goal of the development team is to make the game immersive enough that we the player can imagine ourselves in the world, as our character. As such, a game involving us playing as a different character in order to kill the previous one feels almost like some sort of obscure, in-game suicide. It really is a horrible plot tool, and it was reflected in Gothic's games ratings. The third installment got an 8/10, the 4th was like 3 or 4 out of 10, as I recall anyway.

In the same way, Uriel VII was the emporer in Arena, Daggerfall, and Morrowind before his death in Oblivion. While he wasn't the most prominent character in the previous games, I did feel rather sad at his death, as he had been the Emporer of Tamriel for over 10 years of my life, and despite the hours I logged in the three previous games saving his and many other's lives from destruction, there was no way for me to save him that time. It really set a gray tone on the game for me from then on. Had the main story not been as long as it was I would not have enjoyed the game as much, as his death troubled me, probably more than it should have.

Back to the topic at hand; while a corrupt, power mad dragonborn would make for a very challenging adversary, it would almost feel cliche to me after Mirrak. Likewise, if as many suspect Elder Scrolls VI is caught up in the battle against the Aldmeri Dominion I would feel conflicted to have the Dragonborn participating. Preventing any sort of horrible calamity that claims the Dragonborn's life, there shouldn't be any reason he/she wouldn't be there. Going with the more popular storyline events involving the Stormcloak's victory and the Emporer's assassination during the events of Skyrim, it would make sense that the next Great War would occur within the next 20-30 years at the most. Having the dragonborn involved would be interesting, and it would be cool to view our old PC with a new set of eyes, it has long been the tradition that the current PC is the strongest character in the game, excluded Daedric Princes, Gods, ect. Bethesda would have to come up with a creative plot to make it so this new PC is somehow stronger than the dragonborn, as it would feel wrong to have the glory stolen by our old character.