Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-80.216.220.93-20130804000749

Legate Alexandros wrote: Let make it straigh, I was not agreeing that Nords are cannonicaly Dragonborn and no one else can be. It's true that Default race always related to the Province a given Elder Scrolls is taking place ever since Morrowind. Those who believe that it is more apropriate to play as Dunmer in Morrowind, as Imperial in Oblivion and as Nord in Skyrim, they are free to do so. But they wouldn't have made so many playable races in Elder Scrolls if they didn't mean for people to play them. It is not right to say that whoever didn't choose Nord as their race in Skyrim are not real Dragonborns.

Also, when you hear Neloth Telvani on Solstheim talk about Nerevarine, you definetly hear him refer to him as male. So according to the person who belive in cannon, you shouldn't only play as men races (or Nords to be specific in Skyrim), you also have to be a male to be a true Dragonborn.

Does this mean that this person isn't just Elder Scrolls racist, they also Elder Scrolls sexist?

Some games, belive it or not are more fun when you get to choose who you want to play as, regardless of what default was. It is not Final Fantasy where even though you had an oportunity to choose your own name, you were meant to play as the character name you were given as a default. Also, this is not meant to say that Final Fantasy a bad game series. Final Fantasy is wonderful series, just not the same kind as Elder Scrolls, thus shouldn't be compared in anyways.

I am hoping I making myself clear, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but stop making those who didn't choose a Nord or any other men feel bad. Oh and for your information, two Elder Scrolls games that I ever played, I started as an Imperial. So I am not defending my own preferences here. Or will you say how Imperials are not true Dragonborns, that you have to be a Nord for that? Oh and in case you forgot, Talos technically was not a Nord or Imperial, he more then likely was a Breton, even though some claim him to be the last Atmoran to come to Tamriel. I didn't think you were.

Of course they meant for people the choose their own Race as Dragonborn, but they also meant for Altmer to be able to join the Stormcloaks which is more then a tad odd.

Story and gameplay segregation.

Don't see where sexism nor racism comes into play but whatever, to each their own I guess.

How does the canon Dragonborn being Nord mean the other races/gender are "inferior"?

That's what you are implying not me, by the way.

Sure that's true, who is disputing the concept of choice?

Sounds like more sour apples to me.