Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12599067-20130928060857/@comment-10207438-20130929040053

the only thing I have against the reachmen(before they became the Forsworn) is that they stole Markarth away from the nords who lived their by slaughtering them when their combatants had left to save Cyrodiil. Igmunds father was murdered by the Reachmen and Igmund wanted revenge on the reachmen and he wanted to insure the safety of his people, he hired Ulfric and they retook markarth. it wasn't until after that when the defeated rechmen were persecuted, not by Ulfric and his stormcloaks(who were arrested by the Markarth guards and Imperials, for disobeying the WGC) but by The Markarth Guards.

I can see their revenge as justified against the Markarth Guards, hell even against the Stormcloaks, but they delved into madness, murder anyone that passes by, kidnap a child, and attack any nord settlement that isn't heavily manned. And then even if you break their king out of Markarth, what do they do? they keep trying to slaughter you.

and another thing is that they claim to be the original settlers of the reach... Yet most of their hideouts were from the Dragon Wars.