Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-26413198-20150723200451

For the nth time, it's Thalmor, not Thalmore. The Forsworn are like that because of what Ulfric did to them in Markarth (off topic, so you can just look that up for yourself), they had to resort to black magics and slaughtering villages to get themselves recognized and because of a hatred of Nords. Getting back on topic. The Thalmor have such a big presence in Skyrim because the Empire has to give them so much freedom. The White-Gold Concordat gives Justiciars the freedom to root out Talos worship wherever they please. Both armies are severely devastated, and the Thalmor do have a problem in Valenwood, but they aren't "destroying human colonies (do Colonies even exist)" as you say. And what's this about the game finishing at Solitude? I thought it ended at the Throat of the World.