Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12005676-20130724233542/@comment-26893431-20151124140021

155.42.101.36 wrote: I sure hope all of you enlightened, tolerant players are at least also sussing out and killing all of the various Thalmor agents scattered around the game. I mean, even if you haven't played any of the previous games and don't know any of Tamriel's history, they're straight-up torturing or executing anyone who dares to acknowledge Talos, who Kirkbride himself described as the most powerful CHIM-er (as distinct from Chimer). Or anyone who looks at them funny. Or anyone who steals their sweetroll. Or anyone who was wandering around in the woods when they made their Helgen area raid.

Actually, come to think of it, that last one wasn't just the Thalmor, it was the Imperials, including Tullius, who is just fine with the imperial captain lopping your head off. But the guy recording your name displayed cultural sensitivity regarding how your body would be handled, so I guess that makes up for how they were going to execute you with no trial or even any chance to speak your piece. It's a good thing for those race-specific lines there in the intro, or you'd be forced to kill everyone in the Legion too... Kirkbride lore =/= canon lore.

Tullius is fine with the captain chopping your head off because they assumed you were a Stormcloak. You were illegally crossing the border, as an illegal citizen and caught with Stormcloaks, the execution was justified.