Board Thread:Other TES Titles/@comment-67.171.74.199-20140717215229/@comment-67.171.74.199-20140930135603

Well, keep in mind that it isn't exactly set in stone that the Dragonborn did all those things. The general consensus in the game world is that he/she might have; everybody claims something about the Dragonborn, and nobody can tell if it's true.

Aventus Aretino as a DB assassin, speaking fondly of the figure who took his contract, is a very nice one, though. With no garuantee that the figure was the Dragonborn (sure, in gameplay only the player character can complete that quest, but thinking of it as a story instead of an open-choice video game, anybody could have done it), it's just vague enough.

Paarthurnax is assumed to have been killed by a Blades member, although like all variations in the Dragonborn's story, whether or not the Dragonborn killed him is a matter of myth and not history. The basic reasoning behind the quest to resurrect Paarthurnax is that if it wasn't the Dragonborn, then Paarthy's soul remains intact and can be resurrected, and if it was the Dragonborn, well, the Dragonborn is dead now, so whatever souls he/she absorbed are now released, and so Paarthy's soul is still intact and can be resurrected. The Greybeards have a new generation who don't know everything about their forebears' interactions with the Dragonborn, and if you choose to do Paarthurnax's quest, Paarthy won't tell anyone who killed him.

But certainly if you resurrect him, he will have interactions with his initiates at the Throat of the World, and he will occasionally be visited by Odahviing and reminisce about old times.

I'm not sure how long is a reasonable age for a Dunmer, but really old Neloth talking crap is a thing I support.

Why would the Companions be dead or much reduced? The Companions are an ancient organization. They date back to literally the Merethic Era. Jorrvaskr is the oldest building in Whiterun. Why should the organization die out? Of course the members wouldn't be the same, but I don't think that the ancient siblinghood of the Companions would die out so easily.

However, a chronicling of mercenary and combat organizations would be fascinating. The Renrijra Krin, the Companions, the Blackwood Company, the Fighters Guild, all have distinct features and cultural differences that would make for a fascinating book. "Mercenary Thought", for instance. "An Accounting of Mercenaries of the Empire".

Assuming that the Dawnguard and Dragonborn questlines are part of the Dragonborn's canon story, Knight-Paladin Gelebor would likely speak wistfully of how the Dragonborn helped him. (A quest to work with Gelebor on his whole Falmer thing and seeking out remaining Snow Elves could be good.)

Regarding the College of Winterhold, well, claims have been made that the Dragonborn was Arch-Mage, but Skyrim was a chaotic time for all of the joinable guilds - just the sort of time where you might make up stories about a heroic savior who swoops in and takes leadership for just long enough to fix everything.

Which is to say, certainly there will be stories about the Dragonborn as Arch-Mage. But are they true? Nobody will ever know, because the answer is both yes and no.

- WorshipsMeridia