Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6685058-20130727045056/@comment-8248675-20130904200032

Look at it this way, ever since Talos became a divine, it was Talos basically = Shor

At the same time as we know, Shor = Lorkhan

Who is Lorkhan to Thalmor, besides being the defender of men? The god creator, or trickster who tricked other Aedra into helping him creating Mondus. The whole, sole reason for Thalmor to be traped in Mondus and specifically, on Nirn. They may be wrong in their believe, but they honestly think that they used to be E'hernofrey (sp?) that used to be in the god heads in Autherius, until Lorkhan tricked other Aedra into creating Mondus.

So, removing Talos from Pantheon is personal for Thalmor, not just because Talos had subjugated Summerset Isles with Numidium long time ago, (And Thalmor appearantly like elephants, never forget) but also because they hate the idea of anyone taking the niech of hated Lorkhan in any shape or form. I think they were quite fine with Shor/Lorkhan being a missing god and they want to keep it that way. Plus, Talos might just be the only divine out there capable of defending mankind from Thalmor master plan. They might see their evil plan of destroying men and Mondus imposible, unless they will find a way to get rid of Talos.

Anarchy within mankind from banning Talos worshiping, is a welcomed side effect to Thalmor. Saves them the trouble of exterminating every single man. Plant the seeds of Anarchy and just watch them kill each other. Why do you think it's in their best interest to keep civil war going? If men don't kill each other, they at least will weaken themselves, so it will be no problem at all for those High Born Thalmor to finish off the survivors.