User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-173.189.226.24-20131231235438/@comment-24355185-20140101155859

I was actually debating about the Reach on TIL yesterday. Someone claimed the Nords took the Reachmens' land, so I went about trying to disprove this and here's what I found; the Nords have more claim over the Reach than the Reachmen! Let me draw a timeline:

- The  Nords originally owned the Reach  (First Empire)

- The Aldmer took it  (Direnni)

 - They brought early Bretons  (became Reachmen)

- The Aldmer left  (Direnni Empire collapse)

- T he Bretons, now Reachmen, took the land  (Reach Kingdom)

 - The Nords took it back. (Talos)

Yes the Nords took the Reachmen's land, but it wasn't the Reachmen's in the first place. The Nords have more claim on the Reach than the Reachmen! Look at it, it's dotted with ancient Nordic architecture! Clear evidence the Nords were there first!