Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-109.108.7.9-20150406094840/@comment-26893431-20170416124356

Sports72Xtrm wrote: ZhugeQuanqiang wrote: Strategically speaking the Greybeards are not in their priority list as long as the Greybeards continues to be hands off the mortal affairs of the outside world. They should come under the category of a neutral powerful force. Pretty impressive for a 5 man-cell sized team. Perhaps not in the early stages but in the late game, if the Dominion is believed to desire a consolidation of their influence over Skyrim, the Greybeards are a threat they cannot ignore. They can not only utilize the Thuum, a magical art of war known to turn the tides of war, but can also teach it to rebellious Nords. In history, they've propped up notorious unifying figures such as Wulfharth and Tiber Septim, a dangerous thing if the Thalmor's goal is to suppress subversives. Not to mention, if the tales of the Thalmor being cutthroat monsters are true, the lives of the Greybeard should mean nothing to them, neutral or not. Neither Wulfharth nor Tiber Septim were "normal", they were specifically called up. The Thalmor could easily set up ambushes at the 7000 steps and wait for anybody to walk up, ambush them, and kill them.