Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10561605-20130820164006/@comment-192.76.8.39-20140829072340

You might want to be cautious about taking in-game texts as sources, given that many of them are absolutely definitely lying and there's no way to tell which.

If you apply the criteria used to assess historical sources to the stories of Alessia, you would find them HIGHLY suspect. There are two possible reasons why the texts say that Alessia and all subsequent rulers are super-cool and awesome and divinely powered - who's gonna overthrow your dynasty if it might open the gates of hell, for one?

On that basis, it's inappropriate to take anything written about the early empire, the Emperors and their nature, and their relationship with Akatosh, as factual unless you actually experience it during the course of a game or receive it from a more reputable source - immortal snow elves, last of the dwemer, historical texts that are recounting contemporary events that are embarrassing to the writer, time vision, elder scroll etcetera.