Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24256580-20131206011928/@comment-9062114-20140113062935

Draevan13 wrote: Zippertrain85 wrote: 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. It could very well be that the Archeins did do that. That doesn't change the fact that the Dunmer enslaved Argonians, which is the whole point I'm trying to make. And the Archeins weren't in power when the Argonians invaded Morrowind, the An-Xileel were the newly appointed leaders. I highly doubt selling their kin into slavery earned the Archeins much popularity. Also, Infernal City mentions that the An-Xileel are quite racist, they view any who aren't from the central swamps or tribals (like the ones the Dres enslaved) as impure.

The book doesn't mention if Mere-Glim had enslaved relatives, the only glimpse of his family we get is that he has cousins working on the docks in Lilmoth. Well, I personally think it mostly due to that. Black Marsh does have it's share of problems. Mere-Glim, might've been a slave himself.