Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-77.172.125.107-20130901100104/@comment-3539474-20130926023947

Dovahsebrom wrote: The Markarth Jarl outlawed the Old Gods, and had the Silver-Bloods arrested some Reachmen like Odvan for something they didn't do, even arrested the Dragonborn for trying to solve the Forsworn conspiracy.

The whole Forsworn Conspiracy business was orchistrated by the Silver-Bloods not Jarl Igmund.

and I'm pretty sure the Outlawing of the Old Gods was after The Markarth Incident, which I can understand, even though it was a pretty bad idea.

I find it ironic that they gave Solstheim to the Dunmer but not the Reach for the native Reachmen, sound like political crap.

I can understand it completely, think about it like this:

-You are a Reachman, you live in the Reach a land that your fellow Reachmen believe is the birthplace of your people and your native land.

-One day the Nords tell you to live on an island out on the otherside of Skyrim which bears very little resemblance to your homeland and has recently been devastated by an eruption of a near by volcano. This island is also plagued by a terrible economy do to the depletion of its ebony mines.

Now you see why that wouldn't happen.

The reason why the Nords gave Solstheim to the Dunmer was in good will for their lost homeland, they needed somewhere to live and Solstheim was almost useless to Skyrim. IMO the Silver-Bloods are the one that started; the whole Forsworn madness thing, so they can control the silver business. They are corrupt and want to get rid of anything or anyone they don't like.

That is the good thing the Nord Jarls did giving the island to the Dunner; however, there is still prejudice everywhere in Skyrim and they doesn't seem to care about it. As for the Reachmen, there plenty of native landowners but those are the rich ones.