Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-96.252.245.207-20130116060134/@comment-24696651-20140513154839

I think the main problem (I won't quote the text) is that if it starts in 4E 170, then surely it would have to last until after Skyrim (4E 205, maybe) before most of the action gets going if it isn't going to give Skyrim's lore the middle finger. 35 years is way to long - I usually finish my games in a game year or two, so by 35 years I would have given up on the game. Also, you mention the Sumerset Isles annexing Elsweyr or Valenwood - they are are already part of the Aldmeri Dominion - Elsweyr, the last region to get incorparated into the Aldmeri Dominion joined 70 years ago - willingly, despite possible tricks. Also, I find it unlikely that the nations of Tamriel would form a coalition against the Aldmeri Dominion - Morrowind has barely recovered from the Eruption of the Red Mountain, Skyrim's economy was subject to a civil war, Black Marsh is... well Black Marsh, not a particularly centralized state, and Hammerfell had a civil war and was severely weakened by the war with the Aldmeri Dominion - they certainly aren't in much of a position to partake in unnecessary wars. It just goes against too much lore and is not feasable from most nations economic perspective.