Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11276487-20130714031200/@comment-3539474-20131004002647

Hbxn wrote:

Nazul Rostello wrote:

Apparently the Snow Elves have  bad leadership and military too, otherwise the Nords will never conquer Skyrim, and likely will froze to death in Atmora.

The Atmorans were right to defend themselves, but that doesn't justify the genocide of the entire Snow Elves race.

As warned by the Psijic monks you encountered, the Atmorans plan to use it's power so the Falmer went on the offensive and sacked the city to prevent the men taking an upper hand in a fight as well as protecting the land, plus with the fast population explosion of humans and the Snow Elves feared their own people would become a minority. And the Dwemer too, them mean dwarves blinded the Falmer race, turned them into subterranean monsters that hates the surface-dwellers. Where's the source of the info, I never heard Quaranir said that the Nords are going to use the Eye to Exterminate the Snow Elves..... "The Nords found something when they built their city, buried deep in the ground. They attempted to keep it buried, but the elves learned of it and coveted it for themselves. Thus they assaulted Saarthal, their goal not to drive the Nords out but to secure this power for themselves. I believe Ysgramor knew something of what the elves would find under Saarthal, and rallied together his people to keep the elves from gaining it. " - Night of Tears

It's probably for the control of Skyrim, that is why they have Jyrik guarding it.