Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-120.28.157.86-20140406014559/@comment-31190783-20170214223727

Blademaster Jauffre - if I could get a little clarification on a couple of your arguments as I work on building my own knowledge of the lore...

1) Above you state that the Empire didn't betray the Nords because they didn't enforce the ban on the worship of Talos.  However, wouldn't allowing the Thalmor the freedom to travel throughout Skyrim and allowing them to enforce the ban also be seen as a betrayal?

2) IMO, the Thalmor believe that the Blades are still connected to the Empire by the fact that they executed all the agents in Summerset and Valenwood and dumped their heads on the floor in front of the Emperor on the eve of the Great War.  I also find the wording of the WGC odd...that the Empire would "disband the Blades."  I would think that if the Empire really had no control over the Blades, they would agree to stop harboring the Blades and/or agree to extradition treaties.  But, to agree to "disband the Blades" makes the Empire sound complicit in their dealings.  Yes, I have read that the Blades stopped beholding to the throne after the Septim Dynasty ended, but something still doesn't connect for me.

Your thoughts are appreciated.