Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-23980652-20131210211411/@comment-24245447-20131211022609

Dovahsebrom wrote: Ketick1998 wrote: Um...its stated that ESO takes place in 2E 500 and something. Skyrim takes place in 4e 201-202. Rorikstead is part of Whiterun. "When they make a new Eldersrolls game after online, if it follows up after Skyrim. I can see Rorikstead becoming a hold!"

He isn't referring to ESO;

Regarding the question;

No, according to the Holdings of Jarl Gjalund, Rorikstead has been part of Whiterun since, at latest, the very early First Era, so it most likely won't be a new hold if it has already been part of Whiterun for this long.

Also it simply does not work the way you say it does. In feudalism land=power, no Jarl would willingly let a new un-vassalized (except to the High Kingdom) hold form out of their lands. But doesn't Rorik IN Rorikstead say the town was named for him? If this is true then clearly Rorikstead hasn't been around since the First Era