Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-96.252.245.207-20130116060134/@comment-24261859-20131220043745

That's true. Although, to be fair, where do we ever see the Hero of Kvatch, Nerevarine, or other heroes' [race, gender, family, etc.] mentioned specifically? I mean, assuming TESVI takes place fairly soon after Skyrim, there will already have to be some mention of the Dovahkiin. It's not like people would just not notice the world almost ending and being stopped, so we'll probably just see him/her referred to as the Dragonborn in all relevant texts and be done with it. If the game is set somewhere farther away/independent from the Empire, like Elsweyr, we'd never have to actually see the emperor/empress in person.

Thinking more, though, if it does focus on an Empire v. Thalmor war, we'd hear Legion soldiers shouting "for the Emperor" when the dragonborn might be female. That'd be a problem.