User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Conclusion/@comment-17114085-20140511164121/@comment-17114085-20140516185529

There might have been rumors but from what we observed in Skyrim the general consensus was that they were unrelated. Which was proven wrong. The Bards College proves that even scholars didn't know Olaf One-Eye was High King Olaf.

You seem to think that everything that ever was is recorded in lore books or other sources, and that something that isn't stated is therefore impossible. Might I remind you that we don't even have dates for the events that happened in the Merethic Era. We don't even know if everything recorded for the Merethic and Dawn Eras even happened the way they are described. We know only a small fraction of Tamriel's history. Like I've stated there are time periods in Skyrim's history where he could have been a King.

Also I don't see all these lore contradictions that you keep mentioning. You haven't listed any yet.

Lack of evidence is not proof of evidence against.

We know little to nothing of Skyrim's colonization. For all we know there could have been other colonies. For example we don't know how Dawnstar came to be or how Riften came to be. They could have been other colonies. We only know of the founding of three cities in Skyrim, which are Whiterun, Windhelm and Winterhold. All the others are a mystery.

Also claiming there should be references to Skyrim's Imperialism, which is something that happened in the late Merethic Era, and saying that because we have record of Talos's creation of the Empire, which happened in the late 2nd Era, is beyond ridiculous.