Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-4057437-20130727051159

MassiveScrolls wrote: The Dovahkiin is generally considered a Nord, but what if somebody chose to make him a Khajiit? The descendant emperor would have to be a khajiit. No, the Emperor wouldn't. On Nirn, offspring, for the most part, are the race of the mother. There is nothing in TES lore that says a Khajiit or Argonian can't mate with the other races.

If the player Dragonborn is female, then the story would be that she had a son who fathered the heir.

Either way, the new Emperor could be any race, just like the Dragonborn in Skyrim