Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-13446185-20130916043943

Legate Alexandros wrote: Oh, so Western Reach is that part of High Rock, that used to belong to the Nordic Empire, until the death of King Borgas and crumbling of that Empire. Reach was always a part of Skyrim at that point then, only later they declared independence and for a while became an independent kingdom? Then they were conquered by Skyrim again, then for 20 years during Great War, they had their independence again. I think I got it now, the area was natively populated by Reach Bretons due to proximity to High Rock, not necessarily because they used to be a part of High Rock then. I am guessing the name Reach, comes from the farthest Reach of Skyrim and Western Reach is the "Reach" extended even more due to conquests during the time of Nordic Empire. I hope that made sense, this topic of Reach can be a bit confusing. You are starting to get it, but the Nords were the first in the men in the Reach, even before the Bretons (maybe before the Bretons even existed). My theory on why the Reachmen claim the Reach as their homeland is because it is the land that birthed them. The Reachmen were born do to the Reach's location on the borders of High Rock, Hammerfell, and Skyrim; they are the mongrel breed of Elves, Bretons, Nords, and eventually Redguards.