Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24282559-20140101205811/@comment-24358064-20140101214433

The latter question is definitely a no. Bethesda always removes the heroes of all previous games from the world. They have to, because after all the heroes' race, gender, what they did etc. are all unspecified and player-chosen. So the only way they can move the story of the world forward is by removing those... variables.