Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-77.172.125.107-20130901100104/@comment-13446185-20130925020058

Nazul Rostello wrote: Dovahsebrom wrote:

But noted that the natives does not want to live under Nordic rule as much as the Stormcloaks does not want to live under the current Empire.

Yes, but the Stormcloaks have actual reasons to hate the empire as they outlawed the worship of Talos and the empire has become weak. The omen have never been oppressed by the Nords (except when they break away of course) yet they rebel anyways. Obviously not the normal mind-your-own-business Nords, but propagandic Nords such as Igmund and Thonar. 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.

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

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.