Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9601450-20130722000933/@comment-11204276-20130725062622

74.192.145.15 wrote: Clearly the writers/developers have an axe to grind, as it were, against the Norse, because they've portrayed the "Nords" as superstitious, dull, dim-witted, rude and crude when in actual history they were the greatest explorers of any age and were in North America centuries before anyone else and gave birth to what is now Scandanavia. To be fair, pretty much all races are depicted in a fairly negative light.

Upon further review, I can see that as being somewhat so. I still think they've really been unfair with the Norse, I mean Nords, given they're based on real people where at least some of the other races are strictly fictional. I suppose the Imperials are based on the Romans (whose history is anything but savory), and the Bretons are obviously Brits <3  ...and while they have 'good' and 'bad' characters I don't see them being portrayed as racially defective the way the Nords are.

It just bothers me that so many people cling to old, disproven stereotypes and choose to see only the warlike side of what abundant mainstream research proves was a technologically and geo-politically advanced society.

All people were war-like in that time; the Norse just had better transportation during the Viking Era. Their technological, navigational and consummate ship building coupled with absolute fearlessness in the face of overwhelming odds are traits to be admired, certainly not flaws to be held up for ridicule and contempt. They gave and asked no quarter, true, but neither did the Romans who had to invade and occupy and force their theology down their victims' throats in addition to their raiding, raping and pillaging, utterly destroying the cultures and belief systems of the peoples they ...absorbed for lack of a kinder word.

Yes, the Empire/Thalmor alliance is very like the Roman/Christian alliance now that I think about it.... Thank you, string of numbers person. You helped me to a deeper understanding of the game   : )