Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10197675-20130806142227/@comment-25047024-20131229152539

Btw, the dictionary definition of Lore:

Lore The body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject.

Traditional Of or pertaining to tradition. Synonyms: conventional, established.

Anecdotal 1.pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes. 2.(of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject. 3. based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation: anecdotal evidence.

See? Lore can be arranged to create a story for something. This is what MK and other writers or fanfiction writers do. They take parts out of already existing lore, form it a bit and ta da! New lore is created.

Oh and there is the Imperial Library text called "Final Report to Trebonius" which is a fanfiction (not written by MK, if you think this) BUT the conclusion was confirmed by a Bethesda Dev. This is also relevant for this discussion, since it's a text about the Dwemer.