Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-11344160-20160205154012/@comment-11344160-20160208170617

Shigeru Thalmor Slayer wrote: If you want to find historical realities within Skyrim, Ulfric Stormcloak is very similar to Hitler; He tries to create a dominant race, segregates certain races and quarantines them in designated areas of cities within his control (Dark Elves live on the Grey Quarter and Argonians live on the Argonian Assemblage), he is great speaker, very persuasive and believes that he and his troops are the true rulers of the country. I think comparing Ulfric to Hitler is off-base, but fair enough - I started it.

I just fail to see the comparison. Is Ulfric rounding up the Dunmer and putting them into concentration camps? Is his goal to commit genocide against the dark elves? Is he committing inhumane atrocities against them? As far as I can tell, the only thing he did was offer a bunch of refugees a place to live within his (already cramped) city walls. As for the Argonians and Kah-jeet, it's not like he's doing anything out of the norm by not allowing them within Windhelm. How many Argonians or Kah-jeet are wandering around Whiterun? Markarth? Solitude has one Argonian I guess, who also happens to be a pretty shady individual. Riften might be the one exception, and even they tend to keep their Argonians at the docks; none of the city's or towns allow the Kah-jeet caravans in. It seems justified to me, as nearly every Kah-jeet I encounter in the game is either talking about their skooma addiction or wants to train me in pickpocket. The guy at the College of Winterhold is an exception, but even he seems lazy and ready to take shortcuts.