March 19, 2014 1:39 AM EDT
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Thalmor lover? in the forum
Elder Scrolls
I kinda get where the Thalmor are coming from as far as the whole Talos thing is concerned -- back before his ascension as a Divine, Tiber Septim ran roughshod all over the Second Aldmeri Dominion, and a lot of elves are still pissed about that. To acknowledge Talos' ascension as one of the Divines would be seen as probably the ultimate insult to the elves, hence why many elves -- Altmer, Bosmer and Dunmer -- want nothing to do with the guy. There's a lot of "take back our home" revanchism involved in what the Thalmor are doing, which I can see a lot of otherwise well-meaning elves getting behind. Unfortunately, trying to force these beliefs down the throats of the rest of Tamriel has made them hated among the Empire, and very rightly so.