Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11345660-20130908095939/@comment-4092092-20130927135334

Lord Hadron wrote: You know what I want answered?

Why do the Forsworn want to kill off all the Nords that rule over the Reach?

Who settled in the Reach first?

Why do peope keep stating that the Nords were there first, but this contradicts the story behind the Reachmen and how they devolved into the Forsworn, because they want to take back their home, which apparently initially belonged to the Natives Bretons.

So... who settled in the Reach, first? I'll try,

Snow Elves were probably first

Based on the Dwemer ruins, we could say the Dwarves are second, but we know the elves had a race of man native to tamriel as slaves that predate the Atmorans (Nords) called Nede or Nedic people. So one could argue the Reachmen are the Nedic people's descendents, but this seems unlikely because we know the Nedic people became the Imperial race of man after interbreeding with the Nords and humans form Akaviri. Since the Reachmen are Bretons and not Imperials, how can they claim to be descendents of the Nedic people.

The Bretons are a hybred race of man and elf, having both Nord, Nede, and Snow elf. However the Forsworn (Reachmen) do not worship the same Gods as modern day Bretons, they worship the old Gods. So the question is which old Gods? The Old Gods of the Nedic people or Atmorans, the answer to this will tell you if they are the remains of human slaves in the reach or Nord conqurers that interbreeded with Bretons to the point thier follow Nords no longer saw them as the same people and made them second class citizens.

Based on the Nordic Ruins that the modern Forsworn have made thier homes, I believe they follow the old Atmoran religion, similar to the say a modern Dragon Cult, with less Dragon Worship and more Hagraven worship. If true you could say the Reach has a second Civil war against the Imperials/Stormcloaks and the Forsworn.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nede