Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9062114-20150428153757/@comment-13446185-20150525160328

Caractacus IV wrote: Anyway, more lore I hate is how narccisistic the Altmer are made in Skyrim. It's not just the Thalmor, Nurelion thinks he's the best alchemist ever when he's actually a dying idiot, Taarie and her sister think you're clothing is pathetic no matter what it is, and all of the Psijiics are more secretive than the NSA. At least there's Faralda. That's just how Altmer are, it's an inherent part of their culture to view themselves as superiors to the other races, the Thalmor take this idea to a more extreme level. The way I see it, the more snobbish the Altmer, the more connected they are to the Isles.

Curwe, for example, was probably born on the mainland.