Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.58.163.238-20130703034923/@comment-71.61.177.24-20140326203808

If you're wondering what those "obvious differences" are, let me direct your attention to the very quote Dovahsebrom used. This quote refers to Tiber Septim, who we know was a true Dragonborn. This quote flat-out states, in essence, that Dragonborn is NOT a hereditary ability. We know that the quote is referring to true, Skyrim-style Dragonborn because it is referred to as "the blessing of Akatosh himself". Now, Alessia was "blessed" with what is referred to as Dragon Blood, but this is the blood of Akatosh, not of the Dov, and there is no evidence that Alessia was actually related to Tiber Septim in any way, and so no evidence that he possessed the "Dragon Blood" of Alessia, not to mention that it would not be a direct blessing if he had recieved it by birth. The "Dragon Blood" is pretty clearly metaphorical in Alessia's case.

Now, with it firmly established that the true Dragonborn is being referred to, we can move to the non-hereditary bit. This essentially means that the Septim Dynasty was NOT made up of Dragonborns, because Dragonborn as a status of blessing is not hereditary. They may have been Septim Dragonborn, due to a link with the Amulet of Kings/descendance from Tiber/both, but they were definitely NOT full-blown, Shouts-and-Souls Dragonborn.

We savvy?

Savvy.

- WorshipsMeridia