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• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:28 PM EDT

  Alright guys, I will say one good thing about them, their outfits are pretty awesome looking. It looks more like a longcoat than a robe though, to me anyway.
• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:32 PM EDT

  They essentially took over after the Oblivion Crisis, they were the only group in Alinor to organize any kind of evacuation and fight back against the Daedra. Now they make the calls in Alinor and take part on the ruling council of all parts of the Dominion.
• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:33 PM EDT

  It was a people backed coup, the Altmer felt abandoned after the crisis, so they supported the Thalmor's bid for independence.
• Vazgen

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:33 PM EDT

  Boomer soldiers in TES... I'd pay to see that! 

  Seriously though, ESO has a bunch of Khajiit and Bosmer officers

• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:35 PM EDT

  That's the first iteration, maybe the Fourth is different? I mean, I'm pretty sure anyone from that time is either long dead, or old as Shiz (in Elven years)
• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:36 PM EDT

  Yeah, kind of a good reason to hate the Thalmor. Wait, why did they kill his family? Were they insurgents to the "noble" Aldmeri cause?
• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:36 PM EDT

  Nope, it's only been about 600-800 years, thet's essentially the equivalent of being 40-50 for the Altmer.
• Vazgen

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:37 PM EDT

  I highly doubt their military structure will change.

  a) Altmer simply don't have enough manpower to support a structure like that

  b) Unique racial contingents will undoubtedly perform much better under a commander of the same race

• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:38 PM EDT

  That doesn't make them evil... a drunk soldier could kill my family *knock on wood* and I wouldn't blame the military, I'd blame the man who did it and I would hold him responsible.

• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:38 PM EDT

  Oh, ESO, ignore that last comment, they're dead yes, but all of the records and histories are still there, for the Altmer it's only been 2-3 generations since then.
• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:41 PM EDT

  The Thalmor purged 2 groups, insurgents and foreign agents, if his family was neither, than they were sadly caught in the crossfire, and hate to say it, but that's war.
• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:41 PM EDT

  Still, I can get why an Altmer craftsman might have the right to gloat over a non Elven one, I mean, an Elf has several centuries to work his craft, but all elves?
• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:42 PM EDT

  So,,would they murder any Altmer found worshipping Talos?
• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:43 PM EDT

  Yeah, I'm pretty sure purging families and whatnot would rustle up the jimmies of a couple people.
• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:44 PM EDT

  The point is, Altmer don't, they never have, and if one was found... all they would have to do is expose it.
• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:45 PM EDT

  You then blame the group who did the purge, it isn't rocket science...

• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:45 PM EDT

  Happily

• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:45 PM EDT

  No race is above the law...

• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:46 PM EDT

  The point is, basically all of the law and crafting techniques were Elven, almost everything in human society can be owed to the elves.
• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:47 PM EDT

  Never said they wouldn't Bryn :P
• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:53 PM EDT

  What I'm saying is that he can't be mad at the whole group cause of the purge, that's why I made that last comment...

• Chris

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:54 PM EDT

  So your saying the Elves pretty much made humans what they are, after enslaving them?
• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:55 PM EDT

  I was responding to Chris

• Bryn

  

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  June 8, 2014 5:59 PM EDT

  Because they all are whiny and whiny people get what they want :P

• Spectre

  

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  June 8, 2014 6:01 PM EDT

  What I'm saying is most of the tech humans use and many laws, heck, Ysgramor based the Nordic writing system off Elven, comes from the Elves.