» Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:02 pm
The dunmeri are considered cursed by the Altmeri. They worshipped the wrong aetheric beings and were changed/punished for it. Add to that they not only aren't afraid to get their hands bloody, they kinda like it. They potentially live just as long as any other mer, and are pretty much generalists. Not as great with magic, but they can compensate with steel. They pretty much went their own way millenia ago, and have no real interest in boot-licking to the Altmer. They seem to integrate better with humans than most other races, when push comes to shove. And as integral as family (and family politics) are to them, they are not going to be easy to sway, and even harder to deceive.
I suspect that the Thalmor did something to incite the Hist driven invasion of Morrowind. Neatly castrated the one elven nation that would have stood against them, didn't it? And at =such= a coincidentally opportune moment. If that is ever proven, the reaction to it will be a nightmare for the Aldmeri Dominion. Dunmer are everywhere; shocked, saddened, a bit lost. Prove to them that any one power was responsible for all those deaths, the effective loss of their homeland, and all those refugees and emigrees will have a reason to act. And they won't be nice about it.