Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-28664595-20160605220956/@comment-25356303-20160606020326

Blademaster Jauffre wrote:

Q: Why did Vivec+Nerevar visit A(l)tmora and not Aldmeris, if they're the mannish/merrish perspectives of proto Tamriel?

A: Aldmeris is not a real thing.

Also, I'd very much like to know why Kirkbride saying Aldmeris isn't a real thing suddenly goes above Bethesda having stated that Aldmeris is a thing? There are a few (not many) texts that speak of Aldmeris, I don't recall a single ingame text that disproves of the existance of Aldmeris, but because Kirkbirde says it it's suddenly true?

You can physically visit a continent, but from this perspective you can't do so to Aldmeris because it isn't a physical place.

The Nu-Mantia Intercepts conflict with existing lore about Aldmeris, yeah. That was intentional. An amazing thing in the series is that there are so many different viewpoints and ideas out there, and it's really up to you to decide which ones to believe. I prefer Kirkbride's explanation about Aldmeris; I think it's a hell of a lot more interesting than simply, "Aldmeris is where the Elves came from." Obviously you don't have to agree with this, but again that's what I like. It makes for great discussion. Agree to disagree?

Blademaster Jauffre wrote:

Don't forget that Kirkbride himself even states that he contributes to C0DA, yet C0DA isn't canon. Unless if Kirkbride saying, to a question directed to him, He'll make an appearance in C0DA suddenly means that he won't be writing it.

EDIT: Kirkbirde also directly stated this about Nu-Hatta (whatever that is):

Q: Will we see Nu-Hatta again?

A: If duty calls, by which I mean I have no plans for him.

Are we taking fanfic as lore now?

I'm not sure where you're going with this. Saying that you don't "have any plans" for a character doesn't disqualify you as a writer. If, say, George R.R. Martin mentions in an interview, "I don't have any more plans for Jon Snow," that just means he isn't going to write any more about him because he believes that Jon Snow has run his course in the series. It doesn't affect the legitimacy of Jon Snow in the series, it just means that there won't be anything more written about him.