Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130823092654/@comment-24434525-20140208200601

Ok I feel like I'll weigh in on this one. Personally I dislike the Blades not because of some genocide against Dragons, but rather because they are the "secret police" of the Empire. Honestly Tiber was a prick, a power hungry egomaniac, who was willing to do anything to gain and ensure his power. (before any Talos worshippers get there underware in a knot, please go read his page on the wiki, he did a lot of crappy things, he was a tyrant, and he did betray anyone he needed to to gain what he wanted. From my point of view that makes him a ruthless dictator.) And the Blades are one of Tiber's creations to ensure his continued control of his empire. So frankly, I look at the Blades as the Empire's version of the Thalimor, which would be why the Thalimor hate the blades so much, they use the same tactics.

As for the whole "good" dragon "evil" dragon, at first there was Alduin, "who has always been", then there were more dragons and they ruled over the air and land. They ruled over men and mer, enslaving and dominating them, and finally they commited the ultimate crime when Alduin proclaimed himself a god. Now it was a Dragon that first taught man how to use the Voice so he could fight for his freedom, but it was Herma-Mora who taught Merrak how to command dragons, yet it was man's own hatred and rage that created the Dragonrend shout. So looking at all that and keeping in mind that it is a game series that intends to continue to grow and in turn make a profit. I have to say that Dragons are designed to be an enemy of mortals. In the end it is us or them. If mortals are allowed to continue to grow then Dragons will run out of places to go. If Dragons are allowed to grow unchecked then they will eventually enslave and feed upon the mortal races. We are just natural enemies, but we are natural enemies with brains and not just basic instincts, so sometimes someone from one side or the other will see things from a different perspective.

Also every race and every group of peoples has commited some kind of atrocity against some other group of people somtime in history. Good and evil are only matters of perception, and often times "good" people can be convinced to commit terrible crimes if they believe they are doing "whats right". I think thats part of the point is that no race in the TES series has completely clean hands. Everyone has a history and not all of it is good.