Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.119.198.177-20130930002431/@comment-8467972-20151212101154

I believe it's largely ambiguous and entirely up to the player. It may have been strongly hinted that Hero does indeed become Sheogorath, however, keep in mind that this is coming from a Prince of MADNESS. There are no limits to a truly mad mind. For all we know, all this Shivering Isles set of events may just have been a twisted ploy merely to sate the Mad Prince's boredom or something of the sort. He could have easily fabricated it all, made the Hero him/herself descent into insanity. Because, like I said, there are no limits to a truly mad mind. This could have very well been a trick to make the Hero think they are a damn god and the player to believe their character becoming Sheogorath himself. After all, isn't that more befitting the Prince of MADNESS? The dialogue in Skyrim doesn't prove much either, since the Mad Prince could say anything. He could trick the Dragonborn into believing him/herself a god if he wanted to. But, again, this is largely ambiguous. It's up to the player. I, personally, don't really like the idea. After everything my Hero going through, driving the daedra back into Oblivion and closing it's gates, helping Martin to rid of daedra invasion permanently, becoming a damn DIVINE Crusader... it just feels wrong for such a vigilant Hero to become a Daedric Prince in my book.

Heck, my headcanon is that my Hero fell in love and got impregnated by Martin (before he sacrificed himself to save everyone and close out the mortal plane to daedra permanently, RIP), and kept it a secret from everyone, because she thought that, hey, since the Septim emperor is no longer necessary anymore, why not just let them crown someone else as emperor, while she raises her child in a normal and uncomplicated life, which continued the Septim bloodline right to the last Dragonborn. Lol, yes, beyond flawed story, but meh. This is why I really don't like the idea of my Hero becoming a Daedric Prince. When the Dragonborn meets Sheogorath, they'd be facing their damn ancestor!.. which... is actually kinda cool, now that I think about it. Lol, but nah, my Hero is just a mortal. A remarkable one, but a mere mortal til the end. This is how I like my hero stories.