Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10197675-20130806142227/@comment-89.245.238.71-20131219230618

Ralok wrote: man you bring up the Thalmor and the Greybeards and that isnt even remotely what the hell I am even talking about. That stuff was created pre-redguard for gods sakes!

Stuff Kirkbride created during his time with the company, that was put into the games... is without a doubt canon, the stuff he created during the time he worked... that wasnt put into the game... is potentially canon.

Stuff he created after he left the company... not canon! Why? because he doesnt own the intellectual property of the elder scrolls and thus has no legal right to add to its canon... its fanon.

If Bethesda wants to throw in a reference to his fanon here and there that is there right... but until it is absolutely set in stone beyond a shadow of a doubt and stated explicitly that it is canon... then it isnt.

Did Bethesda ever say that his stuff isn't canon? No. And as long as they don't say that, his writings can be considered canon. Besides, everyone has their own headcanon. Maybe it isn't canon for you , but it certainly is canon for me and many other people who enjoy the nice and deep things MK adds to the TES lore. And fact is that we wouldn't be talking about Numidium if it weren't for MK's 'fan-fiction'.