Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3076045-20140401223913/@comment-24770978-20140403214215

"Vestige" is the proper name given by the Prophet in the beginning of the main quest. It is also the only common name referring to the player that Ive heard while talking to NPCs thus far. Vestige is always capitalized in the text when referring to the player, meaning it is in fact a proper noun (ie, name).

"The Souless One" is a specific title applied to the Vestige. Souless One, however, can also be applied to any Soul Shriven NPCs as they too are - by definition - souless. I too saw a book in game where the player is called The Souless One, but that source cannot eclipse multiple key NPCs in the main quest line using a different name. And while TSO is easier to type, acronyms can very quickly create more confussion than theyre worth.

I will be going with "Vestige" to define the player character. Any newb player checking the wiki should be able to make the connection after hearing the Prophet call them that. Alternately, you can always just say "Player."

My 2gp.