Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2.100.92.38-20130821124429/@comment-24434525-20140131063208

But Bethesda never says the last dragonborn is Shezarrine. They do say you are the Last Dragonborn, as I pointed out before it is the only label they put on your character.

As for why they put that quest in the game I can't honestly say why, only one of the creators or developers could tell you that. I can say this, lots of big quests get tossed to the side and become much smaller things. You can often find these things hidden away in the game files. Much like the bugs in jars thing that got blown way out of hand.

And please don't think Bethesda is above making things just to add into a game for the sake of doing it or that every single little thing that gets added to a game is for some higher reason. M'aiq the liar and his funny way of approaching the fourth wall are proof of this. Numerous times they have changed lore, made entire DLC's noncannon, heck made entire titles noncannon. TES, and Fallout are perfect examples.