Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-139.218.211.126-20131213051049/@comment-13446185-20140211205806

Kylancelo wrote:

Flugsmith wrote:

Nazul Rostello wrote: Dovahsebrom wrote: Kylancelo wrote: I think the design of Windhelm looks different than Saarthal because the Atmorans used elf slaves to make Windhelm. The city could be a mix of Atmoran and Snow Elf designs unlike Saarthal which to me looks only Atmoran. Well in that logic the Pyramids of Giza followed Jewish archetecture. Look at the quote I had above;

"The elven captives were set to work, bringing forth stone to build in their conqueror's fashion." I noticed Windhelm in ESO appears to be elvish. Bethesda forgot to add a lot of things in Skyrim (scaled-down in-game). For example Skyrim supposed to be a mountainous region full with Falmer ruins, but we've only seen one. The game need more lore-centric DLCs. We haven't seen much of the game yet, there is alot we don't know about. So don't make judgements yet. Who's to say the Atmorans didn't take Windhelm from the Falmer and say they were forced to build it.

The conqueror's fashion could refer to making the Falmer rebuild Windhelm after the Atmotans conquered it.

"His eyes turned to the south, where a river met the sea, and decreed that there would he and the crew of Ylgermet create a great city, in monument to the glories of mankind, that from his palace he might always look upon the hill of his dear son's resting place and feel that his line would know peace in this new home that was never known in Atmora.

''The elven captives were set to work, bringing forth stone to build in their conqueror's fashion. As many elves died in the building of the city as had the crew of the Ylgermet slain while on way to its site, and Ysgramor drove the wretches ever more, to build higher, to lay a claim to the river so that non might pass into the interior of this land without first showing due respect to its rightful claimant."''

-Songs of the Return, Vol 19