Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7224639-20130409093055/@comment-28667390-20161122030018

173.46.77.189 wrote: See, I think it's none of it. I think the dragonborn' soul will be reincarnated like it had been before. Assuming the theory regarding DB = Shor incarnate is true, the DBs soul would return to Lorkhin and the last dragonborn would be the last. If you read The Book of the Dragonborn ingame, then you'd know that being dragonborn is passed through lineage, and there were multiple lines of dragonborns (I.E, Alssia, Reman, Septims, character, etc.) Hence why, in the Hearthfire add-on, your character adopts and doesn't have their own.

So to recap, screw Sithis, the DB is Shor, and ain't no going back. There's no solid proof the DB is a Shezzarine, only indirect hints that could easily be interpreted differently. That's the beauty of lore, you can usually choose what happened to your player after the game. Did the Nerevarine go to Akavir? Did the Hero become Sheogorath? Only hints, no solid proof.