Board Thread:Oblivion/@comment-76.118.67.131-20141009133303

In the past, while the elder scrolls games obviously take place in the same universe, they aren't ever really related to each other. However in Oblivion, the Oblivion crisis directly leads to the rise of the Thalmor on Sumerset and eventually to the Great War. I mean, the Thalmor did claim that it was they're doing that stopped the Daedra from destroying Nirn (which obviously wasn't the case) so that they could gain political power on the isles. Than the Great War takes place, resulting in the empire signing the white gold concordat. Really the entire game of Skyrim has been effected by this event. The outlawing of Talos leads to the Stormcloak Rebellion and the "murder" of high king Toryig. The Thalmor destroy the Dark Brotherhood's headquarters in Cyrodiil and begin rooting out the dark brotherhood everywhere, leading to the ruined state of the assassin's guild in Skyrim. The forsworn incident was also a direct result of the war (the empire was to weak to stop them from taking over Markarth in the first place). Even the main quest of Skyrim is effected. The phrase "when the white tower falls" in the last Dragonborn's prophecy refers to either the Oblivion crisis or the Great War. 