Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24135617-20131105231826/@comment-24344819-20140327202144

Actually, C0DA counts as fanwork because MK was not working for Bethesda anymore when he wrote it. So it basicly just counts as popular fanwork (the wiki poll also speaks for that).

regarding Mer and Dragons:

As far as i know it all Dragons (including Alduin) are small shards that broke of from Akatosh (Therefor all Dragons are (former) parts of Akatosh) and became self-aware.

Also, as far as i know Auri-el (Chief Altmer deity) and Akatosh (Chief empire deity) are the same god, just with a different name in each culture´s pantheon.

Now the Mer believe, NOT that they are DECENDANTS of Auri-el/Akatosh (like the humans think they are) but that they were MADE by Auri-el/Akatosh.

Therefor there is no connection between Dragons and Mer as far as i know.