Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-64.8.162.65-20170308194137/@comment-32511728-20170717234231

Busiao No Laughs wrote: The Hero of Kvatch to events of Skyrim would've at least 180 years passing. Chances is surprisingly next to zero. But depending on the Grandmaster's race, it is entirely possible for the Grandmaster mentioned by Delphine to be HOK's successor and has met him before. He mantled Sheogorath, so it isn't possible that the Hero was the grandmaster.

If he was he would have been killed by the Thalmor, and we all know that didn't happen.