User blog comment:Zelron/Soul Stealers in Solstheim (A modest review of The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn)/@comment-3025184-20121226015328/@comment-3186821-20121226175707

Its possible the Dragonborn is already HM his champion by completing his quest. So the Dragonborn doesn't have to be a "stranger I just met". HM and me go way back ;)