User blog comment:Zippertrain85/The reasons why Serana is not from the First Era./@comment-26474238-20130508183427/@comment-26474238-20130509171034


 * Of course Solitude doesn't look as much like the other cities. I've already established that Solitude has been garrisoning Legion since their founding, which was a long long time ago. However, you're making stuff up about it being of Imperial design. Look at the Solitude article-pages. The streets, towers, buildings, etc. are all made of cobblestone, wood, clay, iron, and other common building materials around Skyrim. Not only that, but their buildings are made exactly as all other Skyrim's buildings are, to accomadate for the climate and region around them. No marble that I know of, unless it's inside the Castle Dour or Blue Palace. Hell, even Castle Dour looks nothing like the castles found back in Cyrodil. Neither do the spires in Solitude, the Imperial flags, the gates, fortifications, etc.


 * It seems you don't know your Imperial City lore, either. Yes, the Ayleids built the White-Gold Tower. The Imperials re-build the city around it, however, and not the Ayleids. Please do your research before throwing out false information like that.


 * Please explain to me where it's ever stated that in her long life, Serana never left Skyrim? Or that she was even born/raised in Skyrim? You won't be able to answer that, because there is nothing to ever suggest it. And please explain to me where it's ever stated that she's seen them with her own eyes? She made mention that she's heard of them, not that's she's actually ever seen them or not.


 * You don't know much about psychology or even basic human behavioural sciences, do you? Both Vingalmo and Orthjolf (you made it out as if VIngalmo was the highest member of the court aside from Harkon, which is a blatant untruth) show characteristics of being egotistical narcissists. In the case of Vingalmo, he's also an Altmer, which are proven throughout TES history to be power-hungry and full of themselves to the extent of thinking themselves the master race amongst Nirn. So your claims fall flat there.


 * Speaking of narcissism, you're displaying signs of it here. I was giving an example of a possibility. You focasing in on that one weak point while I clearly stated stronger possibilities shows that you're grasping for straws. I never said that one could project memories with magic. I was just giving an example of a possibility, since you said that it was impossible for anyone to know what she looked like.


 * When did I ever say that Harkon made the paintings? Never. And as a previous king and current vampire king, you do realize that it's traditional to have personal painters to portray them and their families to have up within their castles? In-fact, in my previous school studies, I can't think of one case where a king did not have such paintings of their family, self, and heritage hung around their castles. And are you seriously saying that 4,000+ years isn't enough to learn how to paint? I swear, your arguments are getting dumber by the response. I hate to say that, but it's unfortuantely true.


 * 98% of what you're saying is either speculation, or shows your ignorance in TES lore. Every now and again you've said something right, but it entirely irrelevant towards the debate. Everything that I've presented are facts and reinforced through images and sourced lore pages that you can easily look up on the UESP wiki or even here. You, on the otherhand, have outright refused to show anything to back up your claims. If you ask me to prove something I've said, I'll find the proof. You cannot do the same.