Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-8248675-20130913202426

I wonder if at the time that Hjalti was born in Alcaire, the war of Aliances was still going on. That would make his parents belong to different Aliances. His father would be from Ebonheart Pact and his mother would be from Daggerfall Covenant. Somehow, in the mids of all of that Aliance hatred, they fell in love and had two known sons in Alcaire. Then when their son Hjalti grew up, he took up Ebonheart Pact's side and showed the Daggerfall Covenant what's for, when he annexed Eastern Reach to Skyrim. (I believe there is another Reach, which is still part of High Rock and Skyrim's Reach is just a portion of the former Reach that used to be part of High Rock. If I am not mistaken though, by that time Eastern Reach might have been an independent Kingdom from High Rock as well.)

Speaking of Dark Brotherhood contracts on you, are those are just random happenings, regardless of your actions, untill you either join or destroy Dark Brotherhood. Or there really people who want you killed. Just like with Thalmor Judiciar's orders even before you do Diplomatic Immunity? I notice that sometimes your character is branded as a threat to Dominion, to be elimintated with extreem hatered, even before you cause a mess in the embasy, for almost no reason! The only reason I came up so far to answer that, is noting a patern. Seems like every time my character prays to Talos, I can expect Thalmor randomly attack him or her in the wilds. Maybe coincidencial, but maybe that's why Thalmor attack you randomly, even before you meddle in the embasy and Northwatch...and on Solstheim.