Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-1407576-20130804081945

ArhenMaoDante wrote: Was thinking about how Argonians return to the Hist to be reincarnated and that the Hist has a Hive Mind mentality. If an Argonian ever did become Dragonborn, as far as the lore goes, then the gift of being Dragonborn might very well be taken in by the Hist as well. Which might make every Argonian born afterwards Dragonborn. And even if the Hist can't take in the gift of Dragonborn, it would still gain information on the dragon language and shouting. A few generations of practice and they'd be able to use the Thu'um as well as the Greybeards(if not better). Making them the strongest race.

Thus Argonians hould never be Dragonborn. That's ridiculous. How can you actually believe that? For one, if the Hist would store knowledge over generations to later give to Argonians, Argonians could already be the most powerful race on Nirn. Infinitely accumulating knowledge is a powerful thing in every case. Secondly, there is no evidence that the Hist is capable of it. Thirdly, the Argonians are not reincarnated. At birth, they are given the soul of a Hist tree, but when they die, the Hist soul returns to the tree. Fourthly, I'm fairly certain that the Hist does not have a hive mind. Fifthly, the "gift" of the Dragonborn is the soul of a dragon. It cannot be given to an already existing soul, except perhaps by Akatosh.