Hi,
This is another faction choosing thread but I can't find an answer from the point of view of a dark elf. I feel that most of the threads on this matter regard the issue from a human perspective. Where you think dark elfs should stay in the conflict?
For me for now:
- imperials tried to decapitate me and my character followed the Stormcloak guy
- yes, dunmers live in slums but I'm the living proof that one can rise from that status
so for me those two quite echilibrate each other from my RP perspective
I would like to know from the ones of you more into the lore of the land:
- how dunmers see the Empire at the time the story takes place
- how dunmers see the Dominion
- did they have a position in the conflict between Empire and Dominion
- how dunmers see Talos and the ban
- any other points like this
Thanks

He would stay out of it. That's what I'm doing anyways.

Cloaks are racist.. Imps are not. And this Imp humps one every night.. It is what I married! lol

In Windhelm a certain person will tell you that Ulfric only cares about Nords. example being when a Nord patrol gets hit by bandits Ulfric is quick to send out a party to kill the bandits, but when it comes to any other race he does not care.

Plus the added racist comments in Windhelm against dark Elves made me go to the Empire so I could reak havoc on them.

As a Dunmer I felt honor-bound to my people and establishing a good home for them in Skyrim -- Ulfric had to go (though you already mentioned this).

Out of curiosity, what happened with Dunmer religious beliefs? After the Tribunal lost their divinity did they go back to worshiping Azura/other daedra right away (or relatively soon)?

If going by lore, Dunmers have a strong hatred for imperials that stretches back to the era of Morrowind. If going by D&D perspective, a true dark elf (drow) would involve himself only in a conflict that served to benefit his own needs. If the risk outweighed the reward then he wouldn't get involved in it but he may find a way to manipulate it or find others who could, such as ogres (who don't exist in skyrim) or orcs (yeeees!), goblins or any other Chaotic Evil creature that he could subjugate to help achieve his goal.

Before Vivec was kidnapped, he's supposed to have gone about re-establishing proper ancestor worship, as well as the worship of Boetiah, Azura, and I think Mephala (possibly Meridia).

Thanks for follow up on this. The racist issue of the stormkloaks is clear to me. I would be most interested if there's anything in the lore about dunmers and Dominion, dunmers and Talos and things like this. How you think dunmers will do if Dominion beats the Empire?

My dark elf followed Ralof out so he could kill that captain who ordered him to death. I plan to have him go for the Stormcloaks first, do few of their quests. At the Jagged Crown quest though, he will get as far as the Stormcloaks follow him, then kill them all . He will then turn the crown over to Tullias and share any intel from them.

Basically, he starts out hating Imperials for nearly executing him, his revenge on the captain lessens this, he joins the Stormcloaks and realizes they don't like Dunmer much and that he wouldn't realistically get far with them but goes along anyways waiting for that perfect moment for treachery. He's a much grayer character than my first, sort of a lawful neutral with evil tendencies. I would just join the Imperials right away (better choice for Dunmer IMO), but this way will be more entertaining I think.

Unless this is a spoiler from the MQ -- why is the dominion just Bosmer and Altmer? Do the Thalmor not consider Dunmer proper Mer because of daedra worship or something?

Can you switch sides once you went one way and do the other quest line?

The Altmer and Dunmer aren't very friendly with each other. The Chimer, the Dunmeri ancestors, left Summerset long ago and worshipped the Daedra (Not-Our-Ancestors, in Aldmeri). Plus, the Daedra tainted blood of the Dunmer is likely something the Thalmor would find appalling, as they try very hard to return to being the minor Aedra they originated from.

The Dunmer and the Dominion won't get along, I doubt the Thalmor would accept Dunmer even if Dunmer didn't hate them just as much.

Yes, even after taking the oath. Just give the crown from the second quest to the opposing side and you'll have switched sides.

No the Stormcloaks aren't racist. Just because a few people around Skyrim act like they are doesn't make it true. There is a Dark Elf in Windhelm who was at first getting messed with by the local people of Windhelm (Not Stormcloaks) but then once she was strong enough and can still get by they became frirends with her. She owns a stall in the market by the Blacksmith so you can talk to her for yourself. She admits that most of the Dark Elves in Windhelm are themselfs to prode and stuck up, thats why the locals mess with them.

After Morrowind was to bad of a place to live in a lot of the Dark Elves came to Skyrim to stay in citys like Windhelm. They still live there today and have farms and other properties in Skyrim. If the Stormcloaks where racist then the Dark Elves wound not be able to have any of that.

A lot of people see the Stormcloaks in the wrong light because of the propaganda the Empire puts out.

Heh, just realized something. The Nords you see when entering Windhelm are accusing the Dunmer populace of being Imperial spies, but my Dunmer will actually BE an Imperial spy when he turns his coat. Looks like they were partially right after all.

Dark elves live under a rigid caste system. They would gut their own mother if it meant they could advance their own position within their own social hieracrchy. They have no honor and if confronted by a superior foe they would just assume manipulate another creature to remove this foe or they would kill it in its sleep. There is no honor, no code of combat that is followed in a dark elf society. They don't take risks and they shun the races that are active during the day and constantly make plans to destroy them, especially other elves and humans. There is no conflict a dark elf would ever involve himself in that didn't directly benefit his own goals or needs.