QUOTE(ghastley @ Dec 30 2016, 10:28 AM)
My take on "The Nightingale" is that it really doesn't matter if Drayven Indoril was himself or Jagar Tharn impersonating him. Barenziah fell for a Drayven Indoril, even if he wasn't the real one. And Tharn would have had to cover his tracks with the real one in some way, maybe altering his memories.
There's also the chance that Barenziah was involved with both, thinking they were one.
Given that potential confusion, and that the Nightingale books are written by someone getting it all third-hand, contradictions are to be expected. I'd suspect the Jagar Tharn connection would have been edited out (by an in-game editor) in those, anyway.
Chrysamere is also an attempt to square the circle. In Daggerfall, it's blue, but described as Adamantium. In Morrowind, it's steel-grey and of indeterminate material. Oblivion doesn't have it at all (until now!) and nor does Skyrim, but that has Stahlrim to match the Daggerfall appearance. The enchantments naturally vary between games, too.
Yeah, I think when they kept veering from their own lore that they forgot the devout fans of that lore would remember every intricate detail and wonder what the heck was up with that alteration,