Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-24225299-20131224175009

but it's not like the legion really wants to stop worshiping talos, it's just that they need to enforce the thalmor's will, nobody did anything about stopping talos worshipers before ulfric started being noisy.

i believe alvor (the blacksmith of riverwood) says something like "we each have our shrines of talos and what gods you worshiped was your business"