Personally, I think Argonian Dragonborn make the most sense. Mammals with the blood of lizards? Now you're being crazy.

it was so much easier for me to play as any race I wanted in Oblivion, as there was nothing distiguishing your character as one race or another, I just felt like the dragonborn was a nord thing, and to a lesser extent an imperial thing

I feel the same way. I played many races in Oblivion and never felt out of place. But it makes sense - in Oblivion you were part of an empire that welcomed all races and spanned all of the different countries. That is no longer the case in Skyrim. So lore-wise it makes sense, but it does make for disappointing gameplay when you want to play anything that isn't a nord.

I thought there were lots of Dragonborn at any given time but the one whos destiny is fated and chosen by the Gods is you. You were the one who happened to be alive when Alduin came out of his time warp.

But we are on an internet forum dedictaed to Elder Scrolls?

I visit here. I don't think that I live here or in Skyrim.

Accuse nords as whole of racism... Do you see anything wrong with that ?

Yes, I belive like Talos becmae replacement god, we will also repalce Talos or are his reincrnation. Either way it must be a nord becuse if it was a high elf it wouldnt be a big "so much for the superior race" card that shows them humility. Also the advertising for skyrim has been a male nord. Male nord will be canon.

I dunno, the CoC isn't an Imperial in canon even though they used a male Imperial for Oblivion's cover art and advertisemant. I think they just won't mention the race or gender of the Dragonborn just like the other protagonists.

Gien how much attntion there is on race in skyrim, it should be mentioned, as its a big deal.

Leave. Youre obviously too cool for us. Why don't you go make a friend? Go to Starbucks? You just need to leave your mom's basemant.

I agree. I feel so out of place while doing the main quest if I'm anything other than a Nord.

I have the impression that dragon born are chosen by the gods(or akatosh, im not really aquinted with the lore) when there is need for one, so it doesnt really matter what race he is, but when and where he appears, and in nirn gods are actually real(well i personally dont see them as gods as they didnt create the world, but the general idea of a god is an all powerfull being). you cant compare the existence of dragonborn in nirn, with a similar scenario on earth for example because on nirn dragonborns are made, they didnt appear by themselves throught evolution or mutations(which could explain the dragonborn being a nord but evolution or heredity is not the case here), the gods choose who will be dragonborn and their reasons are their own, so even in lore the dragonborn cantt be appointed to any single race, if the gods want an altmer dragonborn for example they just make one haha The dragon blood is given to you by the gods as a title for being their champion in my mind, like how you do chores for daedric lords and they make you their champion and give you a reward for a job well done xD owning a daedric artifact means that you are the champion the of the particular daedric prince, so being dragonborn essentially means that you are a champion of the god that entertains this kind of [censored] haha

There was attention on race in Morrowind, too. Nobody mentioned Nerevar's race in Oblivion. Because it's irrelevant to Cyrodiil.

And the Dragonborn's race will be irrelevant to whatever's next.

In previous games the race was irrelevant, but in an increasingly polarised setting the players actions and origins possibly have the biggest impact of any previous hero. In Oblivion for example, irrespective of a player's choices they essentially support the imperial cause with no significant branches.

In Skyrim, the ultimate outcome includes:
- Are the blades reformed, or disbanded?
- Do dragons return and integrate themselves with tamriel, or are they consigned to the history books once more?
- Is skyrim ultimately controlled by the imperials or the nords?
- If the dragonborn does follow the path of tiber septim and lead a faction to victory, who will they represent? - An alliance including free-skyrim, the cyrodillic empire, the aldmeri dominion or will they carve out a new empire with their own species at the reigns of command?


A loyalist khajiit for example will bring about a VERy different outcome to an Argonian or an imperial

You have no option to disband the blades. They're reformed anyway.

They return either way. Only a question as to whether Paarthunax lives.
About as relevant as the dominant house of Morrowind.
Player can't represent Aldmeri Dominion even a little. It's simply not an available choice, regardless of your wish to be a loyalist Khajiit. And the player isn't given an option to lead a faction. They just help one. Which is back to dominant house of Morrowind territory. Hlaalu, Telvanni, or Redoran?

I have never been so disappointed in a Bethesda poster.

Dragons hatch from eggs, therefore the only race that could possibly be dragonborn are Argonians

This is the most raciest thread hahaha.

Alessia was Nedic.

Reman was Colovian.

Tiber was actually a Breton (The Nord thing was just an act to court Skyrim).

All in all, I'd say it just makes more sense for Dragonborn to be human, but not otherwise necessary. Aka as a god embraces all peoples, so might be that he tinkers to make the Dragonborn an Elf or Khajiit in order to teach the Nords about racial tolerance.

In fact, lore/continuity wise, I think a Bosmer thief would make for the most interesting Dragonborn.

While I agree that Dragonborn can be of any race, I agree with the op about feeling out of place if your not a nord. The main reason for this I think is the lack of reaction to your race by the npc's that are involved in the mq, it just falls pretty flat I think. Some incredulity, surprise, even an occasional snide snicker by the soldiers on whichever side you have picked would have gone a long way to making the choice of race relevant. eg Ulfrik introduces an altmer to his troops and they don't bat an eyelid, and nords seem to be a pretty outspoken race.

Not exactly, the Septim line is Imperial (or turned Imperial somewhere down the line)

Canonical dragonborn is a nord
like how the CoC was imperial
and nereavarine was dunmer

He was a Nord? How can you be sure? He didn't have on an 'I'm a Nord t-shirt' all you see is a guy wearing a helmet, in fact I can't recall seeing any advertisemant where he wasn't wearing an iron helmet. The only thing you can really take from the advertisemants, if you're using that to determine who you'll play as dragonborn, is that the dragonborn is a male.

There's species of Khajiit who can morph into dragons out there.

Why not Khajiit dragonborn?