Re: Settling the Record

by Regulus Vortens Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:47 am

Arla Neerus wrote:Hey!

What's is wrong with the Empire? I'm Imperial and for the record, we tend to HELP EVERYONE. The only people still grouchy about Imperial rule usually are bad guys and those...what are they? Stormcloaks.

If you obey the law, the Empire is the best thing.

I'm an Imperial by birth myself, and yet that didn't help when one of its precious lords murdered the love of my life. And then they have the effrontery to delcare me an outlaw for avenging his death. Me!
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It's one law for those who can afford it, and another for those who can't.

Agrippina wrote:The Empire does not help anyone, save the circle of courtiers at its centre, who amass affluence and power while the provinces go to ruin.

And madame Thalmor puts it far more eloquently than I ever could.

by Arla Neerus Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:30 am

Don't blame the entire Empire for the actions of one.

by Kestrel Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:29 pm

I just found something else I don't understand. Politics.

by Regulus Vortens Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:34 pm

Arla Neerus wrote:Don't blame the entire Empire for the actions of one.

The actions of one I could forgive. How about the judges who declared that he had committed no crime, and the ones who condemned me for avenging him? The Guards who imprisoned me, the accountants who seized the little I had? The Legions and bounty hunters who came after me once I escaped?

Nothing the Empire does is the action of a single individual, but of the great teeming mass, so yes, I'll blame the entire Empire. May it burn in Oblivion.

by Agrippina Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:24 pm

Arla Neerus wrote:Don't blame the entire Empire for the actions of one.

Unless that 'one' is the Emperor. His domain is on the verge of collapse, yet he has been so glaringly ineffectual that no one can even recall his name.

by Arla Neerus Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:34 pm

We aren't gonna collapse. We won the Civil war and stuff.

by Agrippina Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:25 pm

Barely, and against the popular will. The Legion may have suppressed the Nord rebellion, but only for now. Beforehand, Black Marsh seceded; Hammerfell was surrendered; Elseweyr entered in partnership with the Dominion; and Morrowind was conquered by the Argonians. That leaves the Empire solely with High Rock, Skyrim and Cyrodiil proper. If High Rock should assert its independence, how could the Imperial City bring it to submission? If Skyrim revolted again, would the Empire be prepared for another civil war?

The Empire is on the verge of shattering. The final blow is coming.

by Arla Neerus Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:40 pm

I thought Hammerfell was independent?

by Sigismund Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:37 am

Hammerfell declared their independence after the Concordat. After they chased the Thalmor out, if I remember my history correctly.

And it's so wonderful to see so many of such high opinions to the Empire...

by Arla Neerus Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:45 am

I love the Empire! I don't get all the hate..

by Kestrel Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:09 pm

Eh, who's in charge has yet to really effect me so...

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