Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-3573184-20130816195009

Pink Slim wrote: A good emperor would have let himself become a martyr before he gives away a province just to hurt an enemy, he is meant to protect his people, not stab them in the back and let them fend for themselves against a foe that nearly slaughtered you. A good ruler wouldn't get all of his men killed in an entierly unessessary action.

Furthermore, when the people he is "throwing out" happen to be the greatest warriors in all of tamirel, and those warriors are bolstered by a large number of discharged legion vets, and the enemy they are facing has turned thier attention away from those people, Mede's "letting them go" was FAR from a backstabbing.

Mede knew

-The Thalmor cared more about him then Hammerfell

-The Thalmor were building up thier forces to attack Cyrodiil in the next great war, and thus weren't focused on keeping Hammerfell

-Hammerfell was home of the strongest warriors, and a crap ton of Legion vets

-that if Hammerfell stayed then the next great war would happen too soon.

Him letting Hammerfell go was probably the best thing he could of done, not only did he save the empire, but he released the restraints holding back the Redguards to do what they do best, murder shit.