Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12599067-20130928060857/@comment-25808502-20171108222848

"The observed Reachmen religion centers around the practice violent rites. Such rituals include self-flagellation, scarring, live burnings, bathing in blood, dismemberment, and possibly cannibalism, with some clans even being known to sacrifice children by cutting out their still beating hearts. Werewolves  and other such creatures are highly praised by Reachmen, being perceived as a blessing from Hircine, rather than a curse. Reachmen shamans often practice rituals with Hagravens in order to master certain nature magics, with some, known as Gravesingers, dabbling in Necromancy. "

"The traditional Reachmen are also described as being very cruel, often kidnapping the inhabitants of villages and enslaving them."

"A prevalent Reachmen teaching is that subtlety and nuance are for the weak, and that the weak, in turn, deserve to be punished"

Basically, Reachmen are uncivilized nomads that practise torture and children murder, enslave and kidnap people (including children), and worship werewolves, hagravens and Hircine, the Daedric Prince who hunts humans and created lycanthropy.

4E 174

The Empire sends most of its soldiers to Cyrodiil to fight the Aldmeri Dominion. When the Reach is left vulnerable, the radical Breton-Mer Hybrid supremacists, wanting to rule their "holy land" of Reach, invade Markarth, initiating a chaotic uprising. They later refused the Nord nobles' offer of peace, again demonstrating that Reachmen were not so fond of other races and did not want to make peace with them. " The Reachmen have been said to enjoy being enemies of the other races". As other users have pointed out, Reachmen did not kill only Nords.

4E 176

The Great War ends and the Empire is forced to sign the White-Gold Concordat. The nationalitic Ulfric Stormcloak, defending the "Nords' culture" and their "god" Talos, later wished  to make Skyrim and independent nation (just like the Reach was at the time) for the same reasons that made the Reach independent: race and religion.

Hrolfdir, the Jarl of Markarth before the uprising, wished to regain control of the city and asked for the Ulfric's help (he later betrayed Ulfric not to be killed by the Dominion). In order to be helped, Hrolfdir accepted to allow the worship of Talos in the Reach after it was retaken.

" After reclaiming Markarth, Hrolfdir was brutal to the Reachmen usurpers and their alleged conspirators. He was said to have executed children of alleged Forsworn sympathizers and unjustly imprisoned those accused of colluding with Forsworn usurpers.   However, this might have been under pressure of Ulfric Stormcloak, who held the city at the time, including the right to decide who could and could not enter the city. "

"e very official who worked for the Reachmen was killed, even after they had surrendered, native women were tortured to give up names of Reachmen fighters who had fled the city and anyone who lived in the city, Reachmen and Nord alike, were executed if they had not fought with Ulfric and his men when they breached the gates. Ulfric supposedly even ordered the deaths of shopkeepers, farmers, the elderly, and any child old enough to lift a sword that had failed in the call to fight with him." Ulfric did unfair imprisonments and executions (he even killed kids, just like the Reachmen did), built a metaphorical Wall of Berlin, and ruled with an iron fist.

4E 201

Under Ulfric's government as Jarl of Windhelm, the Snow Quarter became the "Gray Quarter" a.k.a. Warsaw Windhelm Ghetto. The Forsworn clan/tribe are primitive Reachmen (pleonasm detected) that kill everyone they see for no reason. It doesn't matter if you're just hunting butterflies, if one of those Reachmen sees you, he'll certainly try to slain you. Now, the corrupt Silver-Bloods are the ones that really own the Reach.

When you enter Markarth for the first time, an Imperial spy called Margret (she was investigating the Silver-Bloods) is killed by a Forsworn assassin called Weylin, who was ordered to do that by Nepos the Nose, an elder Reachman working for Madanach  (the king of the Reach durin its brief independence) and the Silver-Bloods at the same time. Eltrys, the man who asked the Dragonborn's help to investigate the murder, is killed by the guards, who then arrest the Dovahkiin. As you can see, Thonar Silver-Blood was using the Forsworn for his personal gain. After the Markarth Incident, Madanach was captured ans sentenced to die, but Thonar allowed him to remain alive as a prisoner in Cidhna Mine if he agreeded to let the Forsworn to be used as Thonar's personal assassins. Madanach was allowed to communicate with Forsworn operatives in order to eliminate the Silver-Bloods' enemies and rivals.

