Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12005676-20130724233542/@comment-99.234.132.62-20140403200644

ManyMasks wrote: Toralf Griffe-De-Glace wrote: Ok, so if they were invited, why aren't they happy with an area for them ! Because it's an awful place to live?

It's like the TES equivalent of Native American reservations. They were invited, but the local Nords - racist as they are - decided that they wanted to keep them separate from everyone else.

Besides, a lot of Dunmer (in the game) try to integrate with everyone else; it's the Nords who are keeping them from doing so.

This is a fun debate. It's a nice change arguing about racism in a fantasy game, instead of RL racism. :D Why would they try to integrate with the Nord's when doing so would imply they support them in the civil war? Integrating with other races who live in Windhelm is one story, integrating with the people who gave you a place to stay means that you're joining their cause in toppling the Empires rule in Skyrim. None of the Dunmer want that, hell, Ambarys Rendar is a retired Imperial Soldier. He still loves the Empire and has a literal shrine to its glory upstairs in his corner club. The Dunmer are still a part of the empire, Windhelm is not, what they expect does not make any sense. They have no place in the city, and yet ironically due to generosity, they do.