Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-108.76.119.144-20170519105408/@comment-28529823-20180812103916

what is this? how can you even compare the two together?

in reality, thalmor can be seen as an organization that is neither this nor that. their eradication goals and beliefs stem from wanting to destroy nirn, as they believe that it binds all elves to a physical form instead of the ancient et'ada one, so they want to try and regain immortality this way. there are no race-based goals that the thalmor want to achieve, and there are no countries they want to build for themselves either. the most that the thalmor come close to hating the mannish races is that their ideas of an ideal life clash quite violently.