Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27007772-20140611204941/@comment-26356342-20150616155922

Fogo219 wrote: I am not going to join this massive debate but you do have to kill thalmor in the main questline. The bit in the thalmor embassy. You should join in, even if it's just to ask questions. The Thalmor Embassy section does give the opportunity to kill Thalmor, however actually killing them is not a requirment to fulfill the quest. I was able to use Invisibility and Pacify to get by just fine without killing anyone. Even with that aside, what LLamakingGod&7   is referring to tho, is when killing a Thalmor, and eventually Justicars come looking for you, which doesnt happen if you kill any Thalmor in the Embassy during that quest.