Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-124.180.169.237-20140619171130/@comment-13446185-20140621195706

Harold Burned-Mane wrote: The Skyrim conquests were in the early First Era, during Vrage's reign. Gauldur was an Arch Mage in the early First Era. So its not that much of a stretch. Not to mention that there were Bretons before the Nords discovered them, so Gauldur could have just travelled to Skyrim and joined the College before the Skyrim Conquests. Either way he is canon since Bethesda personally put them in there.

Edit: I just read that Gauldur was Arch-Mage before Geirmund, who was Arch-Mage during Harald's reign. So Gauldur definitely went to Skyrim before the Conquests. Yes, but it is just kind of strange. I mean the only thing that shows that he was a Breton is that his model was made a Breton for his rather insignificant appearance as a ghost. I feel like Bethesda just made him into a Breton without really realizing the minor inconsistency they created.

I mean the name Gauldur just sounds rather Nordic to begin with, as well as the names of his sons.