Here's the thing: Idolaf Battle-Born genuinely feels that the Grey-Manes are better off believing him to be dead. He even looked into Thorald's disappearance: and learned the Thalmor took him somewhere nobody ever comes back from. And then the Legion told him to drop it.

Exactly. People are way to harsh on the noble Battleborn.

It clearly doesn't work tho. Come on, here we have an elderly mother weeping and whining about his son every single day, you could've tried to tell her Thalmor killed him. A common enemy is better than a bitter neighbor.

Besides, Olfrid, nuff said. I hate that guy, always bumping against me every now and then. It's only a matter of time before I know the guy TOO well *grin*

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