Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24256580-20131206011928/@comment-9062114-20140113055239

Draevan13 wrote: Zippertrain85 wrote: Okay, I'll give you that, the boarders of Black Marsh a lot more habitable than the rest of the Province, I still don't like those books, but I will admit that.

Exactly. And they would've if the Dunmer were actually taking slaves, since that could be labled as an invasion of their soil, and the government would attack them. Also, a lot of people who live around the boarders, are just bandit groups, and small villages full of numerous races, you even admit this yourself. Hardly any Argonians would live there. Most want to live near the Hist. I don't know the context of that quote. There are Hist everywhere in Black Marsh. Lilmoth, while on the edges, had its own Hist tree, and the majority of the population there was Argonian. The Argonians live everywhere, not just in the central swamp. No matter where the Dres Slavers go in Black Marsh, there are Argonians to be found.

Point is, there is AMPLE evidence to suggest the Dunmer raided the province for slaves. In several cases, the lore sources flat out state it. Whereas we have no evidence to suggest that they didn't.

The context of Mere Glim's quote is this: he's thinking about the invasion of Morrowind while going to see a Psijic Monk/hermit on the Lilmoth Docks. I read somewhere there was a big Hist tree in the heart of Argonia. Unless someone specifically stated, "there are more Argonians than any other race living here", then we really don't know since we've never actually seen it.

The Archeins are contradictery to that. Their lore says how they would enslave Argonian tribes and sell them to slavery and make lots of money off of this. This ties up a lot of loose ends with the stuff that I pointed out. It makes more sense that the Dunmer would trade with them, as oppose to make enemies with them, where both of them could benefit, possibly the Dunmer would be in an even better situation. Not to mention, the threat of warfare.

Was he or his family a past slave? If so, then it would make sense.