What happened in Cyrodiil? Options

[Lady Saga]

What do you think happened to Cyrodiil 200 years into the 4th era? Is there an official explanation as to what happens? Does the Arcane university still exist? Is Cyrodiil in as much a decline as portions of Skyrim are?

I'm just wondering about all this, as I just tried to do some research and can't find anything official. I only looked at UESP, though.

[Lady Saga]

YOu know....but isn't this true about Earth as well? History books from my generation are gonna be different from those of my daughter's generation. They're always getting bits of history wrong, even here on Earth. And then they change portions of it during the next edition of books if they need to.

I don't know if anybody has ever noticed, but I often subtly change the way some of my characters spell their name. Eradi~Kate could also be known as EradiKate, for instance. Luci Ferria could be Luci Pheria. Some of my characters also are known by different names, as well. The Grey Wizard is known as "Beujok" by some, and Eradi~Kate is also known as Miss Terri. Ann Thraxx may or may not wind up being known as Renee Gade III.

I do this because as I write about my characters on the forums (especially in the Where are you Now threads), I'm pretending different writers are scribing up the stories. And mistakes are made. Some of these writers are mis-informed.

If Bethesda's lore is screwed up, perhaps this is also the case. They get stuff wrong, but after all, so have Earth's scribes, historians and story-tellers. Know what I mean? Inconsistencies are a part of it all.

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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 5 2012, 08:10 PM

[SubRosa]

YOu know....but isn't this true about Earth as well? History books from my generation are gonna be different from those of my daughter's generation. They're always getting bits of history wrong, even here on Earth. And then they change portions of it during the next edition of books if they need to.

If Bethesda's lore is screwed up, perhaps this is also the case. They get stuff wrong, but after all, so have Earth's scribes, historians and story-tellers. Know what I mean? Inconsistencies are a part of it all.

I would not mind that. In fact I like it. There are some books in the game which were written with a very clear bias, like the Talos Mistake, or the Bear of Markarth. It is nice seeing that sort of thing, where one side warps history to suit their political agenda. As you said, that is how things are in the real world.

But it is more then that with Bethesda. Take Mankar Camoran, whose mother and father were Bosmer. But somehow he is an Altmer? He was born at the end of the reign of Camoran Usurper (the Usurper being his dad). But we are also told in the main quest that his writings are contemporary with the life of Tiber Septim, which was centuries earlier. So then are we to believe that he must have somehow traveled back in time, and changed races while it was at it?

How do you make such glaring mistakes with your master villain? That's like us being told that Darth Vader was a Jawa, and that he was born after Luke blew up the death star. Mankar Camoran was important enough for Bethesda to shell out big bucks to pay Terence Stamp to do his voice. But he was not important enough for them to bother getting his race and background correct? This is why I say Bethesda has no respect for the lore it creates.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Apr 5 2012, 08:36 PM