User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/Reachmen/Forsworn - freedom fighters or terrorists?/@comment-5790858-20121219054402/@comment-26474238-20121219060933

Not sure where you got that information from. The Nords and the Snow Elves lived in relative peace for quite a while. The real issue came when the Nords began reproducing too fast, and the Snow Elves decided to quell their numbers, as the Snow Elves saw the Nords as nothing more than common beasts. The Nords merely retaliated due to the Snow Elves genocide. And yes, genocide. The only survivors were Ysgramor himself and his sons.