Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-13446185-20130914055336

Nazul Rostello wrote:

Dovahsebrom wrote: Nazul Rostello wrote:

Dovahsebrom wrote:

No, the Reach had always been a part of Skyrim though Reachmen and Nords had been disputing over the land for years. Eventually (probably around 1E 1000) the Reach became independent from Skyrim and became the ten kingdoms of the Reach which were then conquered by the Alessian empire. The Reach later broke away during the interregnum and great war only to have there kingdoms fail again. The only one that can answer this were the Snow Elves themselves or the Aldmer. The Reach natives have never gotten over this, despite being under Imperial control for over a thousand years, possibly due to the fact Imperials a lot more civilized than the cavemen. The thing is, the Nords were in the Reach before the Reachmen. The proto-Bretons were in the Reach along with their Falmer kinsmen long before the Atmoran migration. When the Atmoran settlers entered High Rock and Skyrim, they found Bretons already living there among the Elves. The arrival of the new foreigners upset the balance of power between the Nedic peoples and the Elves.

"When the Nord armies of the First Empire finally entered High Rock and Cyrodiil, they found Bretons and proto-Cyrodiils already living there among the Elves. Indeed, the Nords found it difficult to distinguish between Elf and Breton, the two races had already intermingled to such a degree" -Frontier, Conquest This quote basically says that Nords never met Mer-Men breeds until they ventured out the borders of Skyrim, proving the Reach has indeed always been a part of Skyrim and never High Rock.