User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Follow up./@comment-17114085-20131216013719/@comment-9062114-20131216032307

Again, that doesn't make sense, why would they go all across the province of Skyrim just to find Snow Elves but not colonize the land. It makes no sense. They were the only humans on Tamriel at the time, so they basically needed all the land they could get. He may not have literally been the High King as we know today, but he did have the same overall position as one, Skyrim's head of state. While the Dragon-Priests did most of the actual governing. Kind of like how in some socieites priests and monarchs co-exist in the government.