Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-14359537-20130922051946

Legate Alexandros wrote: Nazul Rostello wrote: One of the most interesting aspects of Skyrim is the civil war raging between the Imperial Army and the Rebels. The province is in turmoil, as its nine holds (major regions) are divided in their allegiances between the two opposing forces. What makes this civil war even more intriguing is that there is no clear “good guy.” Stormcloaks appear negative because they are bigot towards non-Nords, while the current WGC Empire bad because they are arrogant and believe in oppression through conquering. The game does a good job of putting the decision entirely in the hands of the player, as you are left to judge for yourself which side is better and which deserves Dovahkiin help in conquering Skyrim.

I would have agreed with the new "Stormcloak' rule if they returned the Reach to the Reachmen and outlawed bigotry.  And the dying Empire can go die if their going to be Thalmor's puppet. If High Rock were cut off and exposed by sea (no more Skyrim goods) and the Dominion will be poised to take the vulnerable HR with slave soldiers from Valenwood/Elsweyr.

Skyrim needs to remain neutral to prevent further bloodshed. As for Cyrodiil, the Imperials need another rebellion against the WGC puppet government. Imperial City could not have changed much, have a lot of battle scars and a large AD presence. Thalmor probably have taken over the Talos Plaza District and used it as their Embassy headquarters in the city. As Dovasobrom explained to me earlier, Reach had never belong solely to Reachmen or Forsworn. It would seem that original humans in the Reach were Nords, when they conquered all of Skyrim, the temples all across Skyrim and even Reach, suggest that Nordic Dragon cult was already there, that would mean that Nords had to be there before Dragon Wars. Bretons would not have been possible if Nords and mer didn't make man-mer hybrids in High Rock. The way Reachmen came to be, is when Bretons from High Rock, on High Rock, Skyrim and possibly Hammerfell border started to interbreed and trickle into Skyrim. More then likely Reachmen are a mixbreeds of those that already were in the area: Nords, Bretons and Redguards. That would mean that Reachmen were a group within Skyrim, that originaly was not indiginous, but lived for sometime alongside Nords in the Reach. Then, obviously Alessian Empire decided that they have claims on Skyrim teritory, that is when the showdown of Red Eagle and Imperial Legions of Hesta happened.

Perhaps Nords made Reachmen feel opressed at sometime, so during the Great War, they took over Reach and declared their Kingdom. Nords of Skyrim have every claim on the Reach as Forsworn. Even if Reachmen were not indiginous to the area like Nords who were there already when Reachmen appeared, they lived there long enough to be considered just as native as any Nords of the Reach. I believe that all what needs to be done if for the Reachmen to get equal rights as Nords, more of the Reachmen need to be allowed to have property in Reach, like Anetach. Although I am afraid that there might not be any reasoning with Foresworn, from what I know, they rejected any peace talks. So giving equal rights withing Reach to Reachmen and Nords, might not be enough to appease the Forsworn, they just too fixed on violence and taking over the Reach for themselves, killing every Nord in the process. If there is no way to reason with Forsworn, they would have to be eliminated for normal Reachmen to live in pease alongside Nords, in the Skyrim's hold of Reach. Personally, if I were the High King, I wouldn't mind giving a part of the reach to the Forsworn. The nords aren't using much land anyway, so giving them a chunk of the Reach shouldn't be a problem, as long as the nords have access to High Rock, Hammerfell and Markarth. Surely they can share some land with the nords; I always thought they were in the reach first, but apparently, they're not. Even if the Bretons were there first, I can't imagine why they would go against sharing some land. It's like the orsinium and the High rock - they don't get along all the time, but at least they can negotiate. But of course, if they want to capture the area whole, it can't be helped.