Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.253.68.177-20131021030335/@comment-24755309-20150109232503

86.143.82.209 wrote

1.When you start the game it's entirely up to you whether you undertake the main quest.

2.As for 'Official Lore', it doesn't really exist as Bethesda have, sensibly, refrained from creating such a thing. 1. I see absolutely no point in buying a DLC and not play the main questline. You can argue that the main quest can be abandoned after the gatekeeper is killed, but that would completely screw the lore, seeing as only the HoK that slew the gatekeeper would be suitable for Sheo's champion. This is similar to the arguments that the various guild questlines do not occur, even though there are books that mention what occured during the various questlines. While it is implied that the HoK did it, the player really gets to make the decision themselves. But this questline is different. If you want to explore the Shivering Isles rather than do the main quest, you cannot ignore the main quest completely and have to progress a tiny bit before starting exploration. If the HoK took out the gatekeeper, and then some other hero became the new madgod, all lore would be ruined.

2. In the game manual for Daggerfall (the daggerfall chronicles) various things are stated which are canon: EC was born in 3e 370, Agent was born in 3e 375, and EC is referred to as Talin. However, conflicting reports state that EC's father or General Warhaft were Talin. It could be inferred that Talin is not the EC's true name, but a nickname (father) or formal title (warhaft). In addition, Neloth, who met the Nerevarine, has confirmed that he is male.