User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Conclusion/@comment-17114085-20140511164121/@comment-9062114-20140522030046

No Harold, it just said the Last Snow Elf was destroyed during Ysgramor's time (or so they thought) nothing says they had cities throughout Skyrim.

No again Harold, the only difference between Ysgramor's rule and Harald's rule was that under Harald Skyrim was officially independent from Atmora, with Ysgramor that wasn't the case

I know she had a quote saying she didn'ty leave the Castle frequently, I can try and find it

Why would she be oblivious to Cyrodiil being an Empire, it's a great area for one since it has good land, and is in the center of Tamriel, her confusion makes no sense regardless