Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-1600847-20141109182004

King in the North wrote:  As a side note, the ban on Talos worship is more about his extensive opposition to the Thalmor than a mere disbelief, but my main point is that it is not only the Nords who have suffered, nor would I depict the Imperials as oppressors. Overall, though, I did rather like some of the points in your post, and feel free to discuss or refute any of the ideas in mine. ^This. A lot of people think the Empire supports the Thalmor because they're not actively at war with them. This is a false equivalence. How could the Empire, ruled by humans, support the Thalmor, who want to eradicate humanity entirely?

The Empire isn't at war with them because Mede II was an idiot who failed to realise that neither side was in a state to keep fighting after the Great War. It may be he wised up in later years, but on that day he made a bad call. Be that as it may, the Empire is preparing for war, everyone knows it's coming. All 4 races of man united barely halted the Dominion advance last time. Now the Empire has to ready for war with one of those races definitely not on their side and possibly a second. Attacking them immediately would be a very bad call. I believe that's why the Empire is waiting and abiding by the terms of the Concordat. Now with Mede II dead, hopefully a better Emperor will take his place... likely why he was assinated, I hope.