The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Shit Up About Elder Scrolls Lore and Also Sound Like You Know What You're Talking About:
1. Say in-universe sources are uninformed
2. Say in-universe sources are subconciously biased
3. Say in-universe sources are consciously biased, i.e., propaganda
4. Dig through the 36 Lessons until you find something that sounds deep and impressive. Be sure to move on quickly before the reader has a chance to think, "Wait, what?"
5. Use the word "enantiomorph" without bothering to define it.
6. Be totally self-referential about the concept of godhood, the Prisoner, and metafiction. People will surely feel more immersed in a fictional universe if they also have to think about metaphysics and pseudo-scientific applications of Heidegger's Uncertainty Principle, and if NPCs have feelings when the power is turned off.
6.1 Act like you understand whatever the hell Sotha Sil was on about
7. Imply the definitive truth of what happened on Red Mountain in 1E 700 is so obvious you don't have to say it. Again, be sure to move on quickly before they can say, "Wait, what?"
7.1 Avoid talking about the Dwemer. If you have to ask why, you're already too far gone.
8. Say you've read the novels. (Do not, under any circumstances, read the novels.)
9. Sometimes, spell the names of gods and godlike thingamajiggers with all caps and no vowels, à la Hebrew. Especially the ones who don't have a spelling like that somewhere in canon already.
9.1 Don't ask why CHIM has a vowel in it.
10. Impress everybody with stating that you know Michael Kirkbride's stuff after Morrowind is technically non-canonical, but then use it anyway.
11. If you're a Rush fan, be sure not to confuse 2112 and 2920.
And don't forget Rule 0: When in doubt, a Dragon Break did it. As in, a Dragon Break both fuckered it up and fixed it at the same time.
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