User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Conclusion/@comment-17114085-20140511164121/@comment-9062114-20140514154739

There would've been references to Imperialism of Skyrim if there was, like Talos with the Empire. These things can't just be missed. Based off of what we know of lore, it makes no sense what so ever.

There's no clear evidence he was, in addition to lore contradictions, being that Skyrim was never implyed to be multiple kingdoms. We went over this, why are you saying this all again?

That's kind of hard to believe nobody was able to tell they were the same person.