Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25196161-20140718180949/@comment-121511-20150206181914

Kirkbride essentially created the foundations for TES lore; without his work, it would be another genericised fantasy setting. That said, his works are so often referenced in-game that to ignore them would be foolish. Better to take his out of game works as canon until such point as Bethesda chooses to override it with their own.