Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7629073-20130402085627/@comment-7629073-20130402214020

So as stated maybe you don't play as the "Aedra" themselves but give a being some of the powers that they would originally possess, that being said not one of the heroes seem to show the power that would originally be bestowed upon them. However I think this may link into something.

In Morrowind you can't exactly go on a rampage and kill everything but you are seemed to be quite wise, that being said in Skyrim you are played to being quite a strong character who can kill most things. I think this may be a strong point to back up other points. The Hero of Kvatch on the other hand seems to be a mix of both, he is there to protect and serve Martin, so you have a mixture of both.

Flamedude22 wrote: Talos? Okay fair enough so maybe Dragonborn is Ysmir and the Hero of Kvatch is Trinimac.