Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-5983727-20130129233633/@comment-1486547-20130501003442

Bakkeri wrote:

71.61.178.23 wrote: And how do the Thalmor think that destroying the towers and making every being of godly ancestry immortal and killing all others will benefit them? Do they belive that the whole race was descended from the gods or something? In that case why do they purge each other, is it bcause they think some elves aren't worthy to rejoin their ancestors or something? [Yes that is exactly it, they believe they are the descendants of the gods and that when Lorkhan created Mundus (the mortal realm) he tricked and robbed those gods into surrendering their immortality, thus robbing the Altmer of immortality. This is why they say a man(Talos) cannot become a god because only elves can be gods.] You hit the nail on the head. The Altmer believe that they are the descendents of the gods and something happened that made them mortal. Thats why they try their best to look and act like the ancient Aldmer. They also believe that the Dunmer,Bosmer, and Orsimer are impure and deserve to die. So if they don't purge them now, they will also ascend to godhood.