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- Not to be confused with Skullcrusher.
| “ | As for what you have done, it does not matter. That is not what you will be remembered for. | „ |
| ~ Uriel Septim VII on the Hero's future. |
The Hero of Kvatch (AKA the Savior of Bruma and the Champion of Cyrodiil) is the main character of the video game Oblivion, as well as the add-ons Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles. Many things about the hero are left to the player's choice, including their name, age, race, and gender. However, the title "Hero of Kvatch" is his default title, since the citizens of Tamriel use it to refer to him for his first major victory over the demonic forces of Oblivion.
Appearance[]
Like most Elder Scrolls heroes, the Hero's age, race, and gender are completely up to the player, but the canon stereotypical Hero of Kvatch is an Imperial male - a sword-wielding Knight, Crusader or Paladin-looking warrior (judging by the E3 trailers, promotional artwork, and default in-game settings). And while the Hero's name is obviously up to the player, the default name in the Construction Kit is "Bendu Olo", so in a sense the Default Hero of Kvatch used in promotional artwork and trailer can be thought of being named Bendu Olo.
Biography[]
Prison[]
The hero who would come to be known as the Hero of Kvatch first entered the annals of history as an ordinary prisoner. The crime for the sentence is unrecorded, but one day fate smiled upon the prisoner as the Emperor and his men entered the dungeon. The cell in question was supposed to be unused, but because of a mix up at the watch the prisoner had been put inside a reserved cell.
The Emperor, Uriel Septim VII, and his guards (the Blades) were fleeing an assassination attempt by a Daedra cult known as the Mythic Dawn, and needed to use a secret passage out of the city located in the prisoner's cell. Needing to make haste, the guards had no time to transfer the prisoner to another cell. Before heading through the passages, the Emperor stopped to get a better look at the Prisoner that had premonitions of the meeting.
The Emperor said he had seen that his death would occur soon after the meeting, but that the prisoner would play an important role in the fate of the empire. Though the guards did not fully believe the Emperor's predictions, they were willing to humor his request, and so, the prisoner was permitted to leave with them on the condition that the Emperor's escape was not interfered with.
The passage lead to the sewer systems, but as the group (consisting of the prisoner, the Emperor, Baurus, Glenroy, and Renault) were making their escape, some of the cultists were able to ambush them. Once the immediate ambush was dealt with, losing Renault in the process, Uriel made a more formal introduction to the prisoner, who had helped fight off the attack. The Emperor went forward, but his guards were most insistent that the prisoner part ways with them at that point, not wanting to take any chances after the attack, and the prisoner was left to make passages through a separate path infested with vermin and monsters.
At the end of the path, the prisoner arrived in a wider chamber that joined the one that the Emperor and his three bodyguards had gone down, and caught sight of the guards as they were ambushed a second time. The prisoner helped again, but once the attack was put down, Glenroy turned on the prisoner, ready to shed blood to be safe. However, Uriel ordered his guards to sheath their swords, more certain than ever of the prisoner's destiny. The group made their way to the sewer entrance, only to find themselves cornered in a far room during a third ambush. The prisoner was ordered to stay by the Emperor's side whilst Glenroy and Baurus fought off the attack.
It was there that Uriel Septim VII gave the prisoner his royal signet, the Amulet of Kings, to deliver to a monk named Jauffre outside the city of Chorrol. The Emperor knew he would not make it, and so implored the prisoner to take it to him in his stead. No sooner had the prisoner accepted the task than the Emperor was stabbed by an assassin from a secret passage.
The prisoner and the Emperor's remaining guard Baurus fought off the last of the attackers, but though they had their own lives, Emperor Uriel Septim VII had passed and the assassin had succeeded. The prisoner told Baurus of his task and Baurus told the prisoner where to go, whilst Baurus stayed to tend to the Emperor's body and inform the nation of what had occurred.
Kvatch[]
The Prisoner eventually makes his way to Chorrol and met the monk Jauffre, revealed as head of the Blades, a secret order of warriors loyal to the Emperor's family bloodline. Jauffre tasked the prisoner with the task of retrieving the Emperor's illegitimate son Martin, who was now the only living heir who could access the Amulet of Kings' mystical powers. Martin was in the town of Kvatch, a once-thriving city which had been recently attacked and sufficiently destroyed by the Daedra of Oblivion - the very demonic creatures that the Mythic Dawn assassins worshiped. Jauffre knew the timing of the attack on Kvatch, and the assassination of the Emperor couldn't be a coincidence, but that was of little matter since time was of the essence to save Martin.
At Kvatch, the city was in flames and a massive fiery gate was open in front of the town, with the Daedra spilling out. The guards were holding them off but the endless wave meant that they could not spare man-power to organize a rescue, so upon arrival, the prisoner was allowed to attempt to stop the Daedra at their source. In the gate the land was covered in flames, ash, and death. A lone guard was still fighting for dear life after having been swept up in the gate. Going further in, the prisoner eventually came to a tower. After fighting to the top of the tower through many of the dremora - elite daedric humanoids, the prisoner came to a fiery orb sitting at the top of a pillar at the tower's apex.
Upon removing it, the entire section of the plane of oblivion began to fade away. The world around the prisoner closed in on itself and the prisoner was left standing where the gate had once stood outside as the portal closed. The prisoner soon helped the guards retake the temple, in which Martin and the other survivors had taken refuge. Martin was safe and the prisoner escorted him back to Jauffre in Chorrol for protection. From that point on, the prisoner is referred to through-out the land and in the annals of history as the "Hero of Kvatch". However, when returning to Weynon Priory, it turns out that the Mythic Dawn have raided the Priory and taken the Amulet of Kings. Martin, Jauffre, and the Hero then travel to the fortified Cloud Ruler Temple to formulate a plan to take back the Amulet.
The Oblivion Crisis[]
With the Amulet of Kings in hand the Mythic Dawn can keep the gods from interfering with their plans. The cult is dedicated to the Daedric Prince of Destruction and Change, Mehrunes Dagon. Long ago the Divines and Daedric Princes made a compact to avoid all out war, neither would directly manifest their power on Nirn (the world) as long as the Amulet of Kings was held by a descendant of Talos - the man so great he ascended as a Divine after death. The Amulet is made from the blood of Akatosh - god of time. The Amulet being held in the hands of a true-king symbolizes prestige (the amulet) being vested in the apex of civilized society (the king). Divine and Daedric Princes agree not to directly affect the mortal world for as long as it has this symbol of being subject to civilization and law. With the Emperor and his legitimate sons dead, The Mythic Dawn had hoped to subvert this allowing their master, Mehrunes Dagon, free reign to walk up the mortal world. With the revelation the Emperor had a secret illegitimate son, the next best thing available to killing him, is taking the Amulet of Kings so it can never rest in the hands of a descendant of Talos. The portal in Kvatch opened the night Emperor Uriel VII was assassinated. With the Amulet of Kings still unclaimed by Martin, portals to Oblivion start opening up all over Tamriel - lesser Daedra spilling out to ravage the land.
The Hero of Kvatch goes to meet Baurus going under-cover to try to infiltrate the Mythic Dawn Cult. Whether Baurus lives or dies in the operation is entirely in the hands of the Hero of Kvatch, but either-way, the operation yields books to gaining "enlightenment" for prospective members. There are four books in total and after going to uncover each, a code within them will see reveal the secret meeting place for the members with Mankar Camoran - the mortal leader of the cult. Mankar Camoran represents himself as the chosen of Mehrunes Dagon. Camoran runs the cult with his daughter and son as his lieutenants and says that soon all of Tamriel will be plunged into Oblivion and when it does Mehrunes Dagon will walk the land and those who have pledged their souls to him will rule as his emissaries in life and live on in an eternal paradise after death. Camoran leaves his book the Mysterium Xarxes - with the secrets of Daedric magic he commands in it, and then opens a portal to his Paradise with the Amulet of Kings. Though the Amulet is out of the Hero of Kvatch's hands he manages to grab the Mysterium Xarxes, fight off the Mythic Dawn guarding it and return to Martin with the tome. Martin practiced summoning in his youth and knows enough of it to decipher the book. While Martin translates the Mysterium Xarxes the Hero of Kvatch will go across Cyrodiil closing the Oblivion Gates opening across the land.
Countess Narina Carvain of Bruma is setting up her army to make a grand stand against the Daedra. A letter between spies confirm a massive Gate, bigger than the others is headed to Bruma to do to it what it did to Kvatch as a massive war-machine is being bought there. Countess Narina Carvain agrees to stop it, but says she will need help, and so the Hero of Kvatch goes to each other county to save them from the Gate opening just outside the main cities and earn the aid of the Count/Countess of them to all put their forces behind the main invasion set up from Bruma. Martin states in addition he will need a Daedric artifact - a boon from one of the other Daedric Princes, to complete the spell to go into Mankar Camoran's Paradise to get the Amulet of Kings back if Bruma is won. The Hero of Kvatch also needs to find an artifact of the Divines-the armor of Tiber Septim (aka Talos) in Sancre Tor. Before the defense of Bruma, it is revealed that the Hero needs a so called Great Welkynd Stone from found in the deadly Ayleid ruins of Miscarand, where it is said the King of Miscarand still haunts his kingdom in the form of a lich. The Hero finds the Welkynd stone but the King of Miscarand finds out and attacks but the Hero overcomes the lich, wether it be through defeating the King or outsmarting him and escaping unscathed. Due to the Hero of Kvatch leading the charge and the vast army assembled from across Cyrodiil, Bruma will be saved. The Hero of Kvatch may work for many of the Daedric Princes, few good, many evil, but most tricksters. Bringing a Daedric Artifact to Martin will allow The Hero of Kvatch to travel to Paradise to retrieve the Amulet of Kings from Mankar Camoran.
Paradise is verdant with a rainbow-sky and fruit that grants eternal life and magic, however the Mythic Dawn are tormented daily, the eternal life only in excuse for their pain to never end. Mehrunes Dagon does not want soft entitled followers so he has them tormented daily until he has need of them on the battlefield. A member of the Mythic Dawn, Eldamil - responsible for opening the portal to Kvatch, seeks to atone for his actions. Eldamil knows he was lied to, and he helped kill numerous people and plunge the world into chaos, essentially for nothing. With Eldamil's help the Hero of Kvatch gets through to Mankar Camoran's inner-circle. If the Hero of Kvatch inquires about Eldamil, that he and the souls of the other Mythic Dawn will be wiped out, Eldamil expresses hope that any death or even non-existence would be better than what Mankar Camoran and Mehrunes Dagon subjects them to regularly. The Hero find Mankar Camoran and he kills him and his family then he retrieves the Amulet of Kings sees Paradise collapse in on itself.
Even with the Amulet of Kings returned and in the hands of Martin The Oblivion Crisis does not end. Martin states that Mehrunes Dagon must feel he is too close to victory to adhere to The Compact with the Divines and is manifesting a physical body to destroy Tamriel. Reports come in of a massive giant Daedra in the image of Mehrunes Dagon marching through the Imperial City - destroying everything in his path. Martin knows one desperate move that could stop Dagon, but he must get to the temple of Akatosh in the Imperial City. The Hero of Kvatch will protect Martin and fight off the Daedra as the two make their way to the temple of Akatosh. Martin breaks the Amulet of Kings just as Mehrunes Dagon is about to crush him. The blood of Akatosh spelt on the steps of the Temple is enough to awaken a manifestation of the Divine around Martin. Martin becomes the avatar of Akatosh himself and smites Mehrunes Dagon outright. With the defeat of Mehrunes Dagon, the Oblivion Gates all shut. High Chancellor Ocato of the Elder Council proclaims the Hero of Kvatch "The Champion of Cyrodiil", bestows him with the Emperor's armor, approves of Countess Carvain's application to build him a statue in Bruma and gets to work sorting out a new government with the line of kings firmly ended.
Aftermath[]
Though the day is saved many changes occur in the world and the way of life is destroyed forever, some claim in this regard Mehrunes Dagon got what he wanted all along - destruction and change. Magic gains a massive stigma and the Mages Guild will be disbanded over the coming years in response to the anti-magic sentiment resulting from the Mythic Dawn's spells causing the Crisis. Oblivion portals will have opened up across the world not just Cyrodiil and the empire concentrating all their armies inward to the central province will see their grip weakened and the empire fracturing. Morrowind will suffer major eruption of Red Mountain triggered by the Oblivion Gates around it, creating a massive ash-storm that will make parts of the land uninhabitable for many years. The Thalmor of the Summerset Isles, elven supremacists will use the chaos of Oblivion Crisis to assert control of the Summerset Isles and over time renew the ancient elven empire by seizing the government of Valenwood and tricking the residents of Elyswer to think the Thalmor were the ones to end the Oblivion Crisis with their magics, thus gaining subservience from the Khajiit. A new dynasty will be formed in Cyrodiil - the Mede dynasty, which would become a matter of controversy twenty-five years before the events of Skyrim; not because the Medes were inherently bad but rather because of the decision of one of their heirs signing a peace-treaty with the Thalmor which outlawed and denounced Talos, handing out Hammerfell to the Dominion which the Redguards saw as betrayal and allowing the Thalmor to indiscriminetly kill Blades members. Not all the changes are grim however. The Mythic Dawn will be shunned, outlawed and hunted down by members of normal society, even among other Daedra worshipers. Though Mehrunes Dagon is immortal and will just reform on the planes of Oblivion upon his defeat in the Imperial City he will be gravely weakened and remain that way even two-hundred years later. Just as the other Daedric cults will turn on the Mythic Dawn, the other Daedric Princes will turn on Dagon - partially (and optionally) if the Hero of Kvatch did all the other Daedric Prince quests and endeared themself to Dagon's rival brethren, but more importantly because Dagon broke The Compact with the Divines by manifesting on Tameriel even after Martin held the Amulet of Kings. The Compact was not merely made between Mehrunes Dagon and the Divines but between all the Daedric Princes and the Nine Divines - Dagon did not merely break his own oath, but the oath of all the other Daedric Princes, and powerful or mundane, good or evil, lawful or chaotic the other Daedric Princes are nothing if not proud, and Mehrunes Dagon sacrificed their pride for his own. Because of this, Mehrunes Dagon will have next-to-no mortal followers during the events of Skyrim, two-hundred years after the Oblivion Crisis and be left to obscurity.
The Hero of Kvatch (now Champion of Cyrodiil), approaches the Chapel of Dibella. The chapel is the site of a recent attack; its priests and priestesses have been cut down, and its altar desecrated. The Hero proceeds to consult a local prophet for guidance. The prophet reveals that the man responsible for the attacks is Umaril, an ancient revenge-seeking Ayleid sorcerer-king. Umaril, the prophet states, may only be defeated by a divinely-favored Crusader bearing the relics of the man who had first killed him, Pelinal Whitestrake. Although he had killed Umaril's body, Pelinal had not finished the job: he did not destroy Umaril's spirit. The Hero pledges to the prophet that he will quest for the relics and destroy Umaril completely, accomplishing what Pelinal had failed to do.
After praying to the Divines and then he speaks to the spirit of Pelinal Whitestrake himself, the Hero commences on his journey to retrieve the relics; taking the helmet, cuirass, boots, mace, shield, gauntlets, greaves, and sword of the Crusader in succession. Along the way, additional characters join the Hero's quest. Together, they recreate the titular Knights of the Nine, a faction once pledged to defend the relics but whose former members are all long dead. With the relics united and the order reborn, the Hero of Kvatch and his Knights sets off to fight Umaril in his temple at Garlas Malatar. The Knights fight and defeat Umaril's minions, and the Divine Crusader slays the mortal body of Umaril. The Hero then follows Umaril into the spirit realm, where he destroys Umaril's soul. After he returns to the land of the living, the Champion of Cyrodiil is greeted with the grateful cheers of the Knights, praising the gods for their grace.
Few consequences of the Oblivion Crisis would be felt immediately. With the immediate threat over the Hero of Kvatch turns to a peculiar door in the middle of the Niben Bay. Another seeming manifestation of a Daedric Prince - this one a manifestation of Sheogorath, Daedric Prince of Madness and Creativity. As Sheogorath's chamberlain, Haskill, points-out the Door is in no violation of The Compact, it is an invitation only for mortals to come inside to see what lays beyond. Other mortals returning from the door are shown crazed and lash-out violently. An Imperial guard is left just outside the door to discourage anyone from approaching or more likely mercy-killing those who come out and are rendered insane. The Divine Crusader will journey inside to investigate. Many wondrous, near-unfathomable and dangerous things lay inside, and the Hero of Kvatch engages in his final adventure. Even once resolved the consequence of the trip into the Doorway will ultimately end in the Champion of Cyrodiil meets Sheogorath, then learns that Sheogorath is in fact Jyggalag, who was transformed into Sheogorath by the other Daedric Princes. He is only transformed back at the end of every era, this event is known as the Greymarch. The Divine Crusader then fights Jyggalag therefore freeing the Daedric Prince and the mantles Sheogorath, he becomes the new ruler of The Shivering Isles.
Abilities[]
Unlike the Eternal Champion (a member of the royal court), the Hero of Daggerfall (chosen by the Emperor himself), the Nerevarine (the reincarnation of high-king Nerevar), and Dragonborn (the last in a thought-dead line of mortals with a trace of dragon blood in them), the Hero of Kvatch has no distinctive qualities whatsoever. In short, compared to the other protagonists with great inheritage or ancestry, the Hero of Kvatch is merely an ordinary person.
They are not of a royal lineage, they are chosen by neither king nor god, they are not agents of Fate, they are not of a special bloodline, and they have no special powers unavailable to others (at least while still mortal). The Hero of Kvatch is only party to meeting the Emperor, avenging his death and fighting back the forces of Oblivion because they happened to be in the right jail cell to meet the Emperor as he escapes just before his assassination.
Though the player may see the Hero of Kvatch win great fortune, uncover mighty weapons, and learn adept spells, none of these are unreachable by the common-man. Money is just a resource, weapons can be used by any who get their hands on them, skills are the products of hard work, and spells are available to any who have a passion for learning.
While Emperor Uriel VII has a prophetic dream of the Prisoner, it was little more than acknowledgement they would be a friend, and while the mage Dagail may predict the future for the Hero of Kvatch, it is a personal future, not an ancient proclamation. The Hero of Kvatch is unique from all the other Elder Scrolls protagonists in one specific way, despite being a blank-slate for the player; there is absolutely nothing special about them other than the agency of the player themself.
Comments on Skills[]
When passing by, citizens will compliment the Hero of their high skill.
| Condition | NPC Comment |
|---|---|
| Sneak skill 70+ | "You're a sneaky looking sort." |
| Security skill 70+ | "You've got some nimble fingers. What have you been getting into?" |
| Athletics skill 70+ | "You're a fit one. Been running a lot?" |
| Acrobatics skill 70+ | "You've got a real bounce to your step. I bet you're quite the acrobat." |
| Strength skill 70+ | "Look at the muscles on you!" |
| Intelligence skill 70+ | "You look like a bright one." |
Personality[]
As with all Elder Scrolls games, the main character is mostly left a figurative blank slate to allow the player a chance to role-play as any personality type they wish. Though the Hero is never heard speaking, there are some solid personality traits within response options.
Canonically, the final story arc for the player is that of the Shivering Isles expansion to stop The Gray March in the realm of The Daedric Prince Of Madness, Sheogorath. Doing the quest will take a toll on the Champion of Cyrodiil, who will submit to Sheogorath’s influence completely after the player stops playing the game, leaving them a mad creative, if still an altruistic one. In Skyrim, Sheogorath states that the Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild and Shivering Isles quest-lines are all canonically completed by the Hero of Kvatch.
Historical records also show that the Knights of The Nine quest-line is completed also. The Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild missions earn infamy, and starting the quest-line for the Knights of the Nine requires the player to purge all infamy with a pilgrimage seeking redemption, and the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild quests cannot be done at the same time as the Knights of the Nine, the blessings of the Divines being retracted if so much as six infamy point are earned.
The DLCs are canonically completed after the main game's quests, not before. Whatever the player’s choices, all stations are eventually left behind when the Hero disappears into the Shivering Isles - the player deciding to stop playing - a symbol of the Hero of Kvatch eventually abandoning the world of traditional sanity.
There is only one instance where the Hero is heard speaking, though it is not directly from the player, but from an exact clone of him/her. This occurs in the quest "Symbols of Office", where the player must fight a corrupted clone of themselves, complete with all abilities, gear and spells that the player has. Though this clone is meant to be an evil version of the Hero, the voice acting is consistent with the race and gender of other characters with the same features.
Nightmares[]
If the Hero of Kvatch has contraced Porphyric Hemophilia whilst fighting vampires, and then waits three days (or instead allows Vicente Valtieri to bite them in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary), they will become a vampire and have a horrifying nightmare the same night they become a vampire as they sleep. Following this, the Hero will have ten random nightmares whenever they sleep beyond this point. The Hero can only rid these nightmares by ridding their vampirism, through the "Vampire Cure" quest.
- You dream of someone sleeping peacefully in his bed, when a shadowy, gaunt figure silently enters the room. Approaching the bed, the figure leans down and sinks its fangs into the sleeping person. After a few moments, the pale figure rises, blood dripping down his/her chin. As color flows back into the vampire's face, and his/her features fill out, you recognize the face as your own. You awake screaming.
- You dream of long days spent basking in the sunlight of your native lands. You feel the warmth and the heat, and feel your body become refreshed. Then you awaken, knowing it was but a dream.
- In your dream, you see a beautiful young woman holding an infant to her breast. It is only as you draw near that you realize that the woman is a desiccated corpse and the child is purple and bloated, dying of plague. As mother and child crumble to dust, you awaken.
- In your dream, an old wise-woman treats you for burns on your hands. As she applies a salve to your skin, you feel the tingle of magic as the pain begins to subside. But as you watch, the flesh of your hands begins to bubble, crack, and split, falling in chunks to the floor of her hut. As the wise-woman smiles, you wake up.
- In a dream from your childhood you remember playing hiding games with your young friends on a warm summer afternoon. You hide in your parents' barn, sure you will not be found. Soon, the sweet smell of hay is replaced by a darker, sickly smell. You move deeper into the barn, only to stumble on the rotting corpses of your parents, their throats ripped out. You try to scream as your parents rise and pull you into an embrace.
- You dream of a sumptuous banquet spread out before you. You feast on a particularly choice cut of roasted meat, and its aroma makes your mouth water. It is only as you cut into the last portion that you see the larvae squirming inside. You cough blood as the larvae begin eating their way out of your stomach.
- You lay on your back, with a blissful feeling of peace swirling through your brain. Your every muscle is relaxed. There is no tension in any part of your body. You feel completely at ease. As your vision comes into focus, you notice others standing around you. As a man leans towards you, you recognize the robes of the Necromancer, and you see a glint of light from his scalpel as it begins to cut through your flesh.
- A warm, gentle breeze causes a tickle on your face, but as you go to brush it off, you find you cannot move your arms. Looking at your skin, you realize that it has turned to a brittle, green glass. Standing perfectly still, you breathe in shallow gulps of air, knowing that moving would cause your skin to shatter into thousands of pieces. The tickle on your face worsens, and you know that you are about to sneeze. As your skin shatters, you wake up sweating.
- In your dream, you open your eyes to a beautiful blue sky. The sun is bright, but you feel cool, even a bit damp. You draw a breath but begin to cough, as you expel blood and dirt that you've inhaled into your lungs. As you try to draw another, you see a shovel of dirt being emptied onto your face. The sunlight grows fainter as you view it through the soil that covers your body. You would scream, but your mouth fills with dirt before you can make a sound.
- In your dream, you approach a vampire ancient. Having just completed a perilous task for him, you swell with pride, sure that he will now bestow even greater power upon you. The entire clan's eyes are upon you. Walking towards the dais where he stands, you realize that your task for him is actually unfinished, and that all of your vampiric powers have left you. You cry out as the clan descends upon you, and the ancient's fangs rip into the flesh of your throat.
- You dream of walking through the cool night air. Your body cries for blood, having not fed for days. Weakly, you stumble to a small pool. As you bend down to it, you see that it is not water in the pool, but warm, fresh blood, steam rising off of it. You lower your head to drink, but cannot open your mouth. As you realize in horror that your lips have been sewn shut, a pair of cold, white hands reach out from the pool and draw you under.
Gallery[]
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Voice[]
When attacking or being attacked, the voice of the Hero's grunts and screams depends on their race and gender.
| Race | Voice Actor | Voice Actress |
|---|---|---|
| Imperial | Wes Johnson | Catherine Flye |
| Breton | Ralph Cosham | |
| Nord/Orc | Jonathan Bryce | Lynda Carter |
| Khajiit/Argonian | Elisabeth Noone | |
| Elf | Craig Sechler | Linda Canyon |
| Redguard | Michael Mack | Gayle Jessup |
Trivia[]
- There is a theory which implies that Sheogorath in Skyrim is the Hero of Kvatch, despite the fact that Sheogorath not only looks and sounds identical to Sheogorath in Oblivion, but also the Hero of Kvatch's appearance, race, and gender are all player-determined. However, it is confirmed that Daedric Princes can change form, and Sheogorath in Skyrim states that Martin Septim was one of the best Emperors, and references various things seen in Oblivion, such as "a fox" (Gray Fox), and "a severed head" (Mathieu Bellamont's dead mother).
- The Hero's gender is referenced very little compared to Dragonborn.
- Most of Valen Dreth's comments will differ based on your gender right after character creation.
- Several characters will refer to the Hero as "brother/sister", "sir/ma'am", "kind sir/kind lady", etc.
- In the quest "The Siren's Deception", the gang of female thieves will try to seduce the Hero if he's male, or recruit the Hero if she's female.
- In the quest "Whodunit?", if the Hero has a low disposition (30 or less) with Neville, then asks him about Primo, Neville will say, "He's young, rich and handsome. Basically the complete opposite of you." or "He's young, rich and handsome. That's way out of your league, tramp."
