Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130823092654/@comment-26987392-20150922213235

I also dislike the Blades a lot, but I just can't say its their fault that dragons hate men.

Dragons were made to dominate, to be superior. They have a natural instinct to overpower lesser races. It's not their fault, actually. It's in their nature. Let's just say they are on the top of the "food chain" of Nirn(except it is actually not based on food). Paarthurnax himself said this.

However, sure, the Blades have a point in hating the dragons for it, like all other mortals. But they are different. Men and mer want to get rid of dragons so that they can live their lifes normally. The Blades literally want to exterminate dragonkind. They hunt down every single one of them. As said in the previous comment, their hatred for dragons is even greater than that of the Thalmor for men.

Then, there's their view of the Dragonborn. They consider those who are dragonborn as the "ultimate slayers of dragons". However, I think the Greybeards and the nordic legends have a much better definition of dragonborn: "those born with the soul of a dragon and the body of a mortal". The Blades are only loyal to the dragonborn because dragonborn are very powerful and thus should be very good at slaying dragons.

In my opinion, they'd do much better in just guarding the Emperor.