Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-79.160.190.167-20130802230901/@comment-24349111-20140619155438

Jace The Dragon Slayer wrote: Datadragon Odahviing wrote: Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: That's not true. The Player Character never speaks about their past, because ''thats exactly the point of Roleplaying. ''Skyrim is a RPG. If Bethesda would suddenly give every main character in the TES games a set past, that would totally ruin the Roleplaying aspect of it. Good point AES, fanfic writers everywhere rejoice because of this.

Back on topic, I really think maybe the soul of the Dovahkiin just stays bound in his/her body, till a dragon comes along and "SLEN TIID VO!!!", then he is ressurected. His/her name has two meanings. In Dragon language, "Dovahkiin" is a combination of the words 'Dovah', meaning "Dragon", and 'kiin', meaning "child" or "born", which is typically translated to 'Dragonborn'. Dovahkiin also has a second meaning: the 'Dov' in 'Dovah' refers to Dragonkind, while the 'ah' means "hunter". Interpreted thus, the name reads "Dragonkind Hunter Born," or "Born Hunter of Dragonkind", an appropriate description of what the Dragonborn is destined to do. So...why in Oblivion would a Dragon resurrect him/her? Well... we know off two Dragons who are friendly to the Dragonborn. Paarthurnax and Odahviing. Durnehviir most likely couldn't resurrect him, since he's stuck in the Soul Cairn.