Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26492438-20150613104655

Well he obviously chose wrong with Miraak. But the main character wasn't always dragonborn. It would help a lot to know that he/she did before Helgen. We know he/she was comming to Skyrim, either back or from somewhere else, and has no family in Skyrim, but we know nothing else, so it's up to the player's speculation. Well, at least we know the main character is horribly ignorant of everything Skyrim, so maybe they grew up somewhere else.

Here's what I think:

The first Dragonborn, Miraak, was chosen at birth by Akatosh, who didn't know it was a bad idea, for he didn't see Miraak's lust for power. From this he learns to let the hero grow up before deciding.

When the dragonborn is about to be executed, Akatosh reviews their past and deems them the one to kill Alduin.

But how does he bestow the gift? I don't think it's a sudden "Poof! Your dragonborn!" type of thing. I think the hero would have to come in contact with a dragon and be saved by that said dragon.

Miraak and Sahrotaar (The weird dragon he favored) had a special connection. Maybe it wasn't as a baby for Miraak but still a young child that he was gifted.

A young Talos could have been saved by Paarthunax, who would leave his mountian only at Akatosh's command.

You yourself get saved by Alduin (which shows the god has a sense of irony). Sure, you may debate that he saved all the other prisoners as well, but it was more the dragonborn then anyone else, for had he waited a minute longer that person would have been dead. The person was also the first to see the dragon because of the angle they were forced to have.

I also think Alduin and Akatosh are separate beings but also part of the same being, but Akatosh being greater and more powerful.

What do you think about this? What is your own perspective on this? Is there anything I missed? Does something here not match up with what we know to be true? Please tell me.  