Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24282559-20140101205811/@comment-2605:6000:8B29:5600:9C31:C87:F31A:990F-20171125185153

Bethesda is going to make it so that the Thalmer invade Skyrim shortly after the civil war has exhausted both sides of the conflict. They hinted at it in-game, and it's the best way to prevent having to actually non-canonize the players involvement. As for the state of canon of the player's actions, the player has both done everything possible and none of it. That's why describing past events normally carefully tip-toes around what player choices might have been made in those games, or at the very least is ambiguous as to whether your choices could have happened or not. As is said about the Elder Scrolls, they detail all possible pasts, meaning that such a variety is actually hardwired into the lore as well.