Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-17114085-20130921220424

SajuukKhar wrote: Obviously not all bretons are mages, but as most of their preset skills are magic skills then i can asume that atleast 1/3 of the population are trained mages. That's a terrible assumption.

By that logic 1/3 of Dunmer are trained assassins, and 1/3 of Imperials are trained master diplomats....... they are not.

The vast majority of each race's population is untrained farmers/laborers, with no real skill in magic, much like the common folk of Morrowind, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim, as portrayed in Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim.

High Rock has a High King, if it is invaded then all the kingdoms would ban together to defeat the enemy. Also they can hire the orcs and other mercenaries if they need the man power or as they are really good diplomats they can probably just convince the orcs/mercenaries to help them. These are also some pretty bad assumptions.

Believing that the Bretons would throw away all of their political rivalries, when such things are part of their very culture, is absurd. It's like believing the Dunmer would give up respecting their ancestor's tombs so they can summon a giant army of undead or something if they got invaded.

And believing the Bretons would give up on hating the Orcs, whose homeland they have destroyed no less then 3 times, or that the Orcs would just forgive them for doing it, is equally ridiculous. Especially considering that the Bretons destroyed Orsinium in the early 4th era, which caused the Orcs to move out of High rock, and into the mountains between Skyrim and Hammerfell. When i said 1/3 of the bretons are trained mages i meant 1/3 of the breton army, i for one don't count civilians as part of the defending force as many don't even know how to use a sword. Breton battlemages are well known throughout Tamriel, so i do believe that aleast 1/3 of High Rock's army is made up of trained mages.

Orcs and Bretons have put their diferences aside before, remember the Daggerfall Covenent (Orsinium has been destroyed like 3 times already, all have been by Breton/Redguard forces). The many kingdoms are also able to put their diferences and politics aside in the event of an invasion, it's common sence. Proof is when the dwemer and the chimer worked together to fight the nords (the dwemer and chimer had completely diferent culture and ideals, still they worked together, why can't a few kingdoms who share the same culture).

The mountains between Hammerfell and Skyrim are the Reach Mountains, which also extend into High Rock, the more you know.