Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.72.49.241-20130930130812/@comment-68.227.103.146-20160213155108

So, um, could I mention that up until the civil war, the thalmor didn't crack down on talos worship too much? I think it was Alvor or someone mentioned that everyone had a secret shrine to talos. It wasn't until Ulfric made a big deal about it that the empire and the thalmor both started cracking down. Which kinda lead to Ulfric's duel with Torygg. Lokir of rorikstead even said that if weren't for the stormcloaks, the empire would still be pretty lax. I think the game is basically stating that the war is bad, it brings about dragons. I do kind of wonder how long the civil war had been going on by the time the game starts though. After all, by the time you are in control of your character, it's a gridlock. That doesn't happen overnight. Roggvir's executed when you get to Solitude, but one kind of has to wonder if he had been in jail for a while waiting for his execution.

The game makes the civil war feel recent... but I wonder.