Much of lore found in The Elder Scrolls is just like real history: full of contradictions, misunderstandings, and mythology. Like their real-life counterparts, lore masters of Tamriel must use a discerning eye when covering the events and descriptions of the past. Todd Howard is thought to have said that the world seen in-game offers a miniaturized depiction of the visions of the real place Bethesda's in-house moth priests see when scrying their sacred basement elder scrolls, although the story may be apocryphal.