User blog comment:Jimeee/Bethesda Games Studios: "Moving to our next adventure"/@comment-68.36.174.189-20130526140521/@comment-96.238.88.134-20130527145715

Except that isn't entirely true. While I can't speak for the events of Daggerfall or Arena, the events encountered in the main quests, main add-ons, and even the faction quests of Elder Scrolls 3-5 have been rendered canon by various timelines including ones on this wiki and UESP  as well as ones in the game. The hero is usually left out of most of these, especially for the faction quests. But as of right now, the events as they occured in the general sense, a true events.

If YOU were a true Elder Scrolls fan, you would know that just because something appears one way doesn't ultimately make it so. Just because we don't HEAR about the Mage's Guild taking on and defeating Mannimarco doesn't mean it didn't actually happen. Bethesda certainly has had some lazy moments, the commander at Pale Pass for example, was supposed to be a beastfolk of Akavir, likely a snake-person, but was represented as a man. But to throw away entire questlines and chalk them up to the player's enjoyment while playing their game just isn't the show they're running.