Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-5983727-20130129233633/@comment-1486547-20130501010217

71.61.178.23 wrote: "The worlds to merge"? Didn't they do that already? It's called Oblivion, it had bad graphics and an awesome plot. Also, they believe that the Dunmer, Bosmer, and Orsimer are impure and deserve to die? I hat "purity" concepts. They are vague and archaic and depend on your interpretation anyways. Also, why should "impurity" cause one to deserve death? Unless "impurity" means being a bad person, but I dont think that that's what it means to the Thalmor. And why can only Altmer become gods? Is it because of their giant flipping ego that made them believe that they were originally gods? Both me and my TES character don't believe in purity. =) My khajiit steals from everyone equally. But the thing about Altmer is that it comes from their religion. They believe that all elves descended from the gods but the god of man tricked the elven gods into making them mortals. So the Aldmer, the first of the mer, held this belief close to heart and despisd man and enslaved them. Later in life, the Aldmer have split up into multiple mer races. The ones that resemble the Aldmer most is the Altmer, and so the Altmer do everything in their power to resemble the direct desendents of gods. But they think that he other mer our unworthy of divinity. The Chimer were punished by a daedric prince and turned to the Dunmer, the Orsimer were turned into what we mostly call orcs, and the Bosmer are just the black sheep of the elf family. I won't really get into the other elves like Falmer or Aylieds because there mostly gone.

Back on subject, the Altmer believe that to descend into godhood or perfection, only the purest Altmer must live. Even at a young age, Altmer are raised to behave and think as such, few altmer being humble. But the Thalmor take it to a whole new level. Not only do they hold Aldmer beliefs close to heart, but they believe that the impure should be purged from this world, Talos isn't a god, and that one day they will gain divinity again. So it's not entirely their ego that makes them think they were gods, its their beliefs made at birth. But don't think all Altmer are like this. Even former Thalmor were more kind to me than other people. And some Thalmor believe that the Bosmer are as pure as them.