Ok. I haven't completed the main quest yet in Skyrim, but I am beginning to recognise that the dragons returning isn't the biggest thing that has happened in Tamriel. The rise of the Thalmor and between Oblivion and Skyrim a major war happened between the Thalmor and the Empire


All this has caused me to want to know more. I understand the Thalmor invaded Hammerfell & Cyrodil which caused the war with the Empire which resulted in a peace treaty that has left the Thalmor being given southern lands in Hammerfell and a dominant position over Talos worship throughout the Empire.

I also heard somewhere that they have made allegiance with the Maormer (Sea Elves ) of Pyandonea (a tropical island in the ocean to the south west of Summerset Isles).

I understand that the Elven United armies had a superior naval fleet to the Empire but where beaten on the land by the Imperial legion in Cyrodil.


What I want to know is who and what the Thalmor actually are, what are their beliefs and what is their relationship with the Bosmer, the Maomer and the Khajiit?

I am also curious at some of the remarks made by the Thalmor ambassador in the Thalmor Embassy which lead me to believe the war was just a taste of bigger things to come..

Anyone?