The Dragonborn's son : V

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:49 pm

So, if like the dragonborn had a son, Would he have the same powers or? please don't troll me i'm new to skyrim and lore, and was one of the dragonborn's parent's a dragon?

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:00 am

Nope. Being Dragonborn is a gift from Akaktosh, and not ancestry.

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:15 pm

So, if like the dragonborn had a son, Would he have the same powers or? please don't troll me i'm new to skyrim and lore, and was one of the dragonborn's parent's a dragon?

The answer is the lore makes no [censored] sense so don't bother.
But if you insist, the Book of the Dragonborn claims it's a blessing, not hereditary. It just happens to be a blessing that one family received over and over and over again.
So the answer is a conclusive maybe.

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:32 pm

So, if like the dragonborn had a son, Would he have the same powers or? please don't troll me i'm new to skyrim and lore, and was one of the dragonborn's parent's a dragon?

Nothing indicates that the Dragonborn has inherited his/her power from his/her parents, it's a blessing from Akatosh. If the Dragonborn's children will be Dragonborn as well... Who knows?

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:39 am

Nope. Being Dragonborn is a gift from Akaktosh, and not ancestry.

So, he was just born and Akatosh gave him the gift? lol.

» Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:53 pm

It is often repeated that the Dragonblood is not heredetary, so if you had a son he'd stand no better chance than anyone else, so no special abilities owing to heritage.

The Dragonboran was "selected" by (most likely) Akatosh to be what he or she is. No dragons involved.

» Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:58 pm

So, he was just born and Akatosh gave him the gift? lol.

Apparently Akatosh thought the time had come for a new Dragonborn. Been a while since the last one, after all.

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:08 am

oh, ok thanks for clearing that up for me.

» Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:57 pm

So, he was just born and Akatosh gave him the gift? lol.

Pretty much.

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:07 am

So, he was just born and Akatosh gave him the gift? lol.

The book claims it's just given to them at some point in time (doesn't specify), and that it being hereditary is a common misconception because it just so happens that every single member of the entire Septim family got it.

But of course this begs the question of how likely it is for such an event to repeat with the next Dragonborn family.

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:32 am

LOL

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:46 am

The book claims it's just given to them at some point in time (doesn't specify), and that it being hereditary is a common misconception because it just so happens that every single member of the entire Septim family got it.

But of course this begs the question of how likely it is for such an event to repeat with the next Dragonborn family.

incist is the solution.

» Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:54 am

incist is the solution.

incist is always the solution.

» Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:49 pm

incist is always the solution.

Thank God for Arkansas.