114 days left - Fleeing to Skyrim

Throughout Tamriels history, Nords and Dumner have had many quarrels with each other. Nords have always disliked all elven races. However I have a theory that a lot of Dunmer have had to flee to their ancient enemies land because their own was destroyed.

The fifth installment of the series is set 200 years after the Oblivion crisis, and during this time Morrowind is more or less destroyed. When the poet Vivec lost his godly power, he also lost control of The Ministry Of Truth. The story behind the building was that a moon was heading for Nirn and was going to land on Vvardenfell, but just before it landed, Vivec stopped it by using telekinesis.

Now somewhere during the first years of the 4th Era (that started after the Oblivion Crisis) Vivec dies. This meant that the power that held the moon in place was now gone, and it smashed in to Vvardenfell with the same strength it had when it fell from the sky. This basically ruined the entire island and much of the surrounding area of Morrowind.

Now what does this have to do with the Nords?
Shortly after the catastrophe of the moon, Argonians from Black Marsh invaded Morrowind. In the book "The Real Barenziah" it states that the Skyrim city of Riften is at the border of Morrowind. This could mean that a rather large amount of Dunmer refugees fled to Skyrim via that city. If so there should be a lot of Elves in the south-eastern part of Skyrim that also would reflect on architecture and economy.

Now this is just a far fetched theory. It has gone 200 years since the invasion and the people of Morrowind could have returned to their land. Or they might not even have gotten past the border when they needed to, if the guards between the two countries didn't let them in. A lot of Dunmer probably emigrated to Cyrodiil via Cheydinhal or the passage near
the Drunken Dragon Inn (although it might be a bit to close to Black Marsh). Who knows, maybe we will find an old guarskin drum in a basement somewhere in Riften.

/R