Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9062114-20150428153757/@comment-1600847-20150428160502

About Serana: the most likely scenario I can think of is that she's from during one of the inter-Empire periods, i.e the period between the First and Second/Second and Third Empires. Cause I agree, 4000+ years would be a bit much.

About the Thalmor: Kirkbride no longer works for Bethesda, thus he has no more say in where the TES storyline will go. I wouldn't take his AMA too seriously. If it appears in the games I'll start taking it seriously, but Bethesda could choose to go a completely different route with the Thalmor story. After all, apart from wanting to conquer humanity, we've been told very little about their goals in-game.