Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.253.68.177-20131021030335/@comment-24081142-20131024092952

Even the Dragonborn can't Shout until he learns a word of power from a Dragon Wall, and absorbs a dragon soul. If he lived outside Skyrim and so never did one or both of these things, how would he know if he was Dragonborn? Presumably the Septims knew because their parents, Priests of Akatosh and historical documentation told them so. But if a Dovahkiin was born away from other Dragonborn, with no historical or prophetic warning, who would know?