“After I found out what the nords did to the snow elves, I stopped attacking the thalmor. What goes around comes around.”
The thing is, the Nords attacked the snow elves because they “Sacked” Saarthal. If the Nords went unprovoked, the two races could have shared the land peacefully, and the snow elves would still be around.
You really think genocide is an appropriate response for sacking one city? A city founded in the Snow Elves native lands, no less. The Snow Elves were already present in Skyrim when the Nords came and started settling in their land. So maybe the Nords shouldn’t have provoked the Snow Elves by settling in their territory in the first place. :p
But why would the Snow Elves need to destroy the city? How is moving to a new land Provoking them? Granted, the modern day Nords are kind of acting territorial as well, but that’s because the Thalmor are outlawing the worship of a god and destroying their ancient culture. As far as we know, the Nords did nothing else other than settle in Skyrim. We don’t know if they did something to ruin the Snow Elf culture. So we appear to be at a stalemate. Now I’m off to read up on the Night of Tears.
What countries do you know of that have ever been ok with just anyone settling inside their territory without so much as asking? There are immigration laws and regulations for a reason. Not wanting foreigners to settle in the lands they’ve called home for generations is not unreasonable, particularly for this setting, and the Nords should have respected that. And while the Snow Elves are not blameless, it’s very much a shades of gray situation, having a city sacked doesn’t mean you get to attempt to wipe an entire people from the face of the planet in response. Even after the elves were beaten and in retreat, the Nords still kept after them, intent on wiping them out, forcing the elves into a very unsavory deal with the Dwemer, who finished the job. (well, with a couple exceptions who managed to escape)
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