SirBryghtside said:
Just to go off on a slightly related tanget, you know what really bugs me about this sort of thing? How stupidly simple it would have been to resolve one of the major sources of tension between the Thalmor and the Nords.
Skyrim exists in a world where Daedric princes will pop up and ask you a favour, where gods will communicate with their followers, and where the supernatural is very much the natural. Nobody doubts the existence of gods, and if they do start to doubt then the gods are liable to turn up at their door with a big stick to change their mind.
So...why does nobody, but
nobody, seem to hit on the idea of asking the gods or the Daedra about Talos? Just a quick prayer, a "
Hey guys, have you got a god who used to be human up there? Oh, you do? Could...could you put him on? We just need to speak to him quickly. Yeah, yeah, settle a bet, something like that...", and boom. Major bone of contention disappears, one side is definitively right or wrong, everyone goes back to finding other reasons to hit each other. Considering how easy it would seem to be to get confirmation or denial from on high, you've got to start wondering about just how smart all of these people are...