Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3225355-20150107041151/@comment-1600847-20150108170025

ShawnHowellsCP wrote: Because he was supposed to spend the early portion of his life in the mages guild, something ESO scrapped. ESO itself is a completely separate game, with a completely separate story life, not meant to be paired. Here, read this http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/123147/why-does-this-game-insist-on-totally-breaking-the-lore But nowhere in ESO does it say Mannimarco didn't spend time in the Guild... so that point is moot. All we know is that by the time ESO takes place, he's no longer there, which is possible.

And every point in that forum post is refuted in the same thread, or presented with an alternative.

This guy says it best:

"Lore is fluid in the TES Universe and Bethesda has very rarely made anything remotely looking like "canon" for the very reason of continuing games. You can ask them all you want but you can not pin them down. This leaves the story open for games and lets them develop ideas more fully at a later time.

''The Imperial Library is a great resource for all this information. You can read all the in-game books there (from any and every game) and then the forums always has a lively and robust "discussion" on various lore related issues.''

''Since many of the game books were written not by first-person observers but later authors I would guess that they maybe are not "written in stone" so to speak. The Elder Scrolls themselves contain prophesy but it is fluid and can change. If you played Oblivion you would know of one circumstance that "someone" used this to their advantage. I won't spoil it if you have not played.''

''So maybe things aren't consistent...but they did work closely with Beth on the lore and I don't think any major deviations would have been really permitted. They picked this time period as there is so few things known about it. All video games have inconsistencies (just like movies and books-I'm looking at you Lucas!) and I personally don't think the small ones really prevent my enjoyment.''

There is no Canon in the Elder Scrolls."