Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-8248675-20130606033542

For once it's TIBER SEPTIM (aka Talos), second he was not the frist Dragonborn. St. Alesia, the rebel queen was the first dragonborn. She was blessed by Akatosh, with dragonblood. Which meant that his devine, dragon blood flowed trough her's and veins of her descendents. After Alesian Dynasty, it was Raemen Dynasty and even though they tried finding blood relation with Alesian Emperors, I don't think any were ever found. After Akaviri Potentate, managed to kill with assassins all of the last Ramen Emperor's descendants, he waited for him to die. For sometime, it was Akaviri Potentate that ruled the Empire and amulet of kings, with sacred blood of Akatosh was unclaimed. After years of interegnum, Hjalti Early-Berd, who later became General Talos, was proclaimed Dragonborn by Greybeards and claimed amulet of Kings. That is when the Septim Dynasty of Dragonborn Emperors began. Troughout history therefor, there were three Dragonborn Dynasties, which were not related by blood. Mede Dynasty are not Dragonborns, they were warmongers from Colovian Estates that seized  Imperial throne in the interegnum that followed Martin Septim's sacrafice. Unfortunately, High Councelor Ocato was assassinated by Altmer soon after Oblivion Crisis, as he was trying to show everyone who they were.

The bottom line, is that it is not being descendant that often determins being Dragonborn, in fact there are no living descendents of Tiber Septim, Martin Septim was the last one as his father and half brothers were killed prior to his sacrafice. Dragonblood is a gift from Akatosh and it can be bestoved on any deemed worthty by him. Usually he gives that gift to people during the greatest need. That is how it doesn't mater what race the Dragonborn is and to me talking about that only Nords can be Dragonborns sound a bit racist and prejudice.