User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Follow up./@comment-17114085-20131216013719/@comment-17114085-20131220031544

Zip, Ysgramor and his 500 companions went around all of Skyrim to kill every last Snow Elf, all the cities were destroyed, only those hidden locations only Snow Elves knew about(like the forgotten vale) escaped Ysgramor's genocide. After the Snow Elves were gone the Atmorans began settling Skyrim, Ysgramor made Windhelm, some of the 500 companions made Jorvaskr(and so began Whiterun) and so forth. More Atmorans started coming to Skyrim after the Snow Elves were killed and settled other parts. All of Skyrim was settled, my point is that it wasn't united under one ruler, they didn't all bow to Ysgramor(Only Windhelm, and maybe Whiterun as it was settled by members of the original companions). Its perfectly logical, why aren't you understanding what I'm writing?