Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-139.218.211.126-20131213051049/@comment-13446185-20140209222213

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. Windhelm in ESO certainly looks different but nothing about it screams "elvish".

Never in the lore does it say Skyrim was "full with Falmer ruins" only that the Falmer lived there. It is possible that the Nords annihilated the Falmer cities they came across but I agree that we should have seen a few Falmer ruins in Skyrim.