Here I am about to choose a side of a war I should have no part in. I was curious what was the main reason behind the war that caused the deaths of so many in Skyrim. I knew it had to do something with the worship of Talos so I decided to visit the local Talos worshipper in Whiterun and the temple of Talos in Windhelm. From what I gathered, the Nords worship Talos because he was a simple nord like them who learned how to use the voice because he was dragon born. Talos heroics were so great that when he passed he rose into the divine afterlife so the Nords worship Talos so they can follow in his steps and reach a better after life.
Speaking with the temples priest in Windhelm I was given an opinion on why the Thalmor elves of the empire would ban the worship of Talos. Many Thalmor are bitter towards the humans of Skyrim because of war that ended in the Thalmors favor not too long ago and they did not particularly like the ideas of humans becoming divine. So they banned the worship of Talos to figuratively spit in the faces of the Nord race.
This resulted in secret worshipping that the empire let go because as Skyrim is part of the Empire, many nords in the empire can sympathize. However Ulfric and his rebels brought much attention to the worship of Talos since they fought in his name and in the name of Skyrim. This caused the empire to buckle down on worshipping and thus a clash began. Tensions rose and blood was spilled, and now here I am in a war I have no stake in. Yes, people fight to protect their families and friends. Yes people fight to protect their home. Yes people fight because they will die otherwise. But me? I'm just a lizard who was caught crossing a border. Why am I fighting?
My take on this war in real life reminds me of the crusades. I remember learning about the crusades in middle school, but other than that I have no further knowledge. A war of worship and clashing religions because one side has to have their beliefs prevail. Innocents were caught up in the war and were slaughter as a result. Christianity and Muslim beliefs, Nords and Thalmor worships, people die because of peoples undying beliefs. I'm not going to delve into religion here because I am agnostic myself, but my take on this fictional war and the crusades: you start a war because of your beliefs and because you think you are right, but are the people who lay dead at your feet fighting for their own beliefs wrong? Or are you too narrow minded to believe maybe you're both wrong?
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