Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-137.88.161.20-20150205194422/@comment-18750685-20150205202452

First view impressions are a common affliction upon all.

The Thalmor aren't bad anymore than they are good. An Altmer who joins their ranks sees his race as superior. An Altmer who grows crops and tends to farms has a good chance of disregarding whatever politicians decide; he has animals and wheat to care for.

A Nord who joins Ulfric's uprising sees Skyrim as a land for Nords only and / or those who would convert to their ways. For example, you don't hear any Stormcloaks complaiging about Imperials and Dunmer as Companions.

Accordingly, a Nord who joins the Imperial Legion believes that a singular, multi-lateral faction behooves all equally. Either Nord is just as bad as the other in someone else's eye, and vice-versa.