Skyrim's Nords Are Actually The Biggest Jerks In Tamrielic History
The Elder Scrolls series contains several millennia' worth of backstory, told through sidequests and in-game books, and especially interesting is the history of Skyrim and its people, the Nords, who are most prominently featured in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. History in the Elder Scrolls series is often complicated and contradictory, stemming from dozens of different authors. Still, when looking over the history of Tamriel as a whole, a theme begins to emerge: the Nords are basically awful.
Humans in the Elder Scrolls series originated on the frozen northern continent Atmora. Over the centuries, multiple groups of humans traveled from Atmora to Tamriel, a continent ruled over by various groups of Elves. Early settlers of High Rock, Hammerfell, and Cyrodiil managed to find peace with the Elf-types of The Elder Scrolls, establishing and growing their new nations. The early settlers of Skyrim, led by the warrior Ysgramor, instead went to war with Skyrim’s native Snow Elves.
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After years of tension and strife, the Snow Elves attacked the Nordic settlement Saarthal, razing it to the ground and killing everyone but Ysgramor and his sons. This brutal act led to even more violent actions by the Nords. Ysgramor fled to Atmora, returning with a 500-man-strong army and slaughtering the Snow Elves. Ysgramor’s companions spread over the country, systematically exterminating the Snow Elves until none remained. In modern Skyrim, the only remnants of the Snow Elves are the Falmer, twisted monsters that live in the caves beneath Skyrim, and a pair of Snow Elf brothers who appear in Skyrim's Dawnguard expansion.
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