Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6941549-20130904163452/@comment-3539474-20130906203924

PsijicThief wrote: Nazul Rostello wrote: BrandonSolo10 wrote: Mmphr...Actually, Black Marsh was not conquered, but was introduced in the Empire by treaty...And there was almost no Imperial presence in Black Marsh... Yes, the Imperial influence is still there.

There will be very little Imperial influence in Black Marsh as the Empire never held the whole land. They only ever patrolled the border because none of their men could last long enough deep in the marshes. Black Marsh is the most inhospitable area we know of on the mortal plane.

As for Beth being too lazy, I don't think that's the answer - nor do I think they jsut up and forgot. It was only recently that we started seeing the Redguard armor in detail. We saw a hint of true Nordic armor in Morrowind with the Bloodmoon expansion, but that game was mostly basic stuff and Dunmer sets. I would look for them to keep adding more and more as time goes on. Diseases,  flesh eating flies, untamed wildlife and much more makes the trip for non-argons highly dangerous, but not Imperial battlemages, they have access to potions/medicine that give them the ability to resist the natural toxins and diseases of Black Marsh.

In Skyrim, we rarely see them wear any type of armors at all. Only Deeja and her brother wear hide armor.