Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26896471-20150930234652

Draevan13 wrote: Phantasys wrote:

Right...so fixing the dunmer only grey quarter with tax payer money isn't handing out? The dunmer pay no taxes and are not citizens of Skyrim, ergo they cannot in all fairness get the same maintainance actual citizens get.

Ulfric's decree was there for a reason...if the dunmer weren't so racist then the argonians would've been safe inside the walls as well. The Dunmer living in Skyrim are citizens and pay taxes, the Decree of Monument only refers to Solstheim, not mainland Skyrim.

If the Dunmer in Skyrim are self-governing as per the Decree, where are their Dunmer Councilors? Where's their Tribunal Temple, where are the Dunmer guards patrolling the Grey Quarter? All the points of the Decree can be seen on Solstheim, but not a single one in Windhelm, or any of Skyrim for that matter. Not to mention having people living in your land that don't have to pay taxes or abide by your laws makes zero sense.

Furthermore, for the taxes, to quote a female resident of Windhelm whose name escapes me at the moment:

"Oh, so that Dark Elf took my ring? So typical of his kind! The Jarl will hear about this, he'll double their  taxes, no, triple them!"

As for the Argonians, they seem to be living side by side with the Dunmer in Riften just fine. No decree banning Argonians there, yet there's peace. But Riften is also Stormcloak territory so clearly that is not the reason there is peace there and not in Windhelm. Windhelm has a very complex history, and the decree seperating the Argonians from the city has been one in place on and off since the first era.

Secondly, I don't see how an angry remark from an NPC (Viola) who is consistently ignored by the city authorites (over the Butcher) proves anything at all. The 'intolerance' in Windhelm does not come from above, otherwise we would see all races outside the main city. It is so insignificant that it just isn't really relevant.