The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
It's got some great concepts, and I love Sloads and Maormer. Awesome. Love those guys.
Why would the notoriously xenophobic Aldmeri Dominion simply abandon all their goals after the collapse of the Empire? A Dominion-ruled Tamriel would be a vastly different place than the multicultural and tolerant Imperial regime. Especially for humans. Remember that slavery was only illegal under the laws of the Empire, and still widely practiced in Morrowind and Alinor (in disguised form, perhaps, but Tiber Septim could hardly do much about it after his treaty with the Living Gods of the Tribunal). I mean, the First Empire itself was formed after a slave revolt led by Alessia the Slave-Queen.
The Falmer are the way they are because of the Dwemer, not the Daedra. Certainly not Boethiah, who is one of the three 'Good' Daedra worshipped in Dunmeri culture. Vivec was the 'Anticipation of Boethiah' under the Tribunal Temple, and Boethiah is accredited as the one responsible for teaching the Chimer how to be different from the Aldmer, even if Azura was the one who actually made them into Dark Elves after the betrayal of Nerevar Indoril. He loves the Dark Elves. His entire portfolio makes him unlikely as a candidate for Mehrunes Dagon/Molag Bal style Tamriel-siege. Molag is the Prince of Rape, the enslaver and dominator, while Boethiah, encourager of deceit, betrayal and rebellion against authority, is his foil and polar opposite. (And thuggish Dagon was simply cursed to destroy what he loves). A hostile takeover of Tamriel would not be in line with Boethiah's various agendae, or his personality, which is that of a sadist, not a conqueror.
And the Snow Elves, incidentally, have vastly more reason to hate men than even the Altmer, since the ancient history of Skyrim is more of less a history of war and atrocity between the Falmer natives and the Atmoran colonists of Ysgramor. The Night of Tears and the culling of Saarthal, the Return, the Enslavement...Seriously. The Snow Elves are absolutely the least likely agency to serve the role of peacemaker between Mer and Men. They'd be first in line to see Mankind's genocide or slavery, just as they themselves had experienced at the hands of the Nords.
Why would the notoriously xenophobic Aldmeri Dominion simply abandon all their goals after the collapse of the Empire? A Dominion-ruled Tamriel would be a vastly different place than the multicultural and tolerant Imperial regime. Especially for humans. Remember that slavery was only illegal under the laws of the Empire, and still widely practiced in Morrowind and Alinor (in disguised form, perhaps, but Tiber Septim could hardly do much about it after his treaty with the Living Gods of the Tribunal). I mean, the First Empire itself was formed after a slave revolt led by Alessia the Slave-Queen.
The Falmer are the way they are because of the Dwemer, not the Daedra. Certainly not Boethiah, who is one of the three 'Good' Daedra worshipped in Dunmeri culture. Vivec was the 'Anticipation of Boethiah' under the Tribunal Temple, and Boethiah is accredited as the one responsible for teaching the Chimer how to be different from the Aldmer, even if Azura was the one who actually made them into Dark Elves after the betrayal of Nerevar Indoril. He loves the Dark Elves. His entire portfolio makes him unlikely as a candidate for Mehrunes Dagon/Molag Bal style Tamriel-siege. Molag is the Prince of Rape, the enslaver and dominator, while Boethiah, encourager of deceit, betrayal and rebellion against authority, is his foil and polar opposite. (And thuggish Dagon was simply cursed to destroy what he loves). A hostile takeover of Tamriel would not be in line with Boethiah's various agendae, or his personality, which is that of a sadist, not a conqueror.
And the Snow Elves, incidentally, have vastly more reason to hate men than even the Altmer, since the ancient history of Skyrim is more of less a history of war and atrocity between the Falmer natives and the Atmoran colonists of Ysgramor. The Night of Tears and the culling of Saarthal, the Return, the Enslavement...Seriously. The Snow Elves are absolutely the least likely agency to serve the role of peacemaker between Mer and Men. They'd be first in line to see Mankind's genocide or slavery, just as they themselves had experienced at the hands of the Nords.