Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726023954/@comment-10207438-20130811215005

Cerithrose wrote: the chimer were NOT justified! she's saying none of them were justified, and they somewhat were, they were justified in the fact that they were the only ones capable of stopping the dwemer from using the blasphemy that is Tapping into The Heart of a god.

Cerithrose wrote: well, yes. and what do you think would happen if they werent actively doing it? you think that everyone would just settle down, and leave eachother alone? no, some preacher would probably come and attack them, probably trying to rebuild talos's empire or something. and they need to attack to defend for a simple reason...

their population grows slower! if they dont keep the others weak, they will quickly outpace them, destroy them, then probably mess up their heritage. and the difference is, they cant afford that, since they have less soldiers. of course someone would attack them, that's because that person is a maniac or extremist; if your method to combat someone else from being a maniac or extremist is to have EVERYONE in your religion to be a maniac extremist then you have already lost the moral battleground.

And nobody was doing anything to the Thalmor until they waged war with the Empire, if anyone did attack the thalmor before then it would have been easier to stop them from doing what they're doing now.

and another culture growing faster doesn't mean a thing, if you want to keep your culture the same then you are an idiot, cultures change no matter who or what is guiding it, even if it's being guided to a standstill.