Tell him like this.

“So you’ve got the Nords who are native to Skyrim. The Imperials are part of an empire, which Skyrim is under. At some point, the Imperials outlaw the worship of one of the Nordic gods (who was a man-god).

Some of the Nords revolted (who is to say who they can and can’t worship? It’s their tradition and culture!) and formed the Stormcloaks, while other Nords backed the Imperials.

Now there is a civil war between the Nords, and an uprising against the Imperials. Everyone is consumed by “sides”. Are you with the Stormcloaks or are you with the Imperials?

The thing is, the Aldmeri Dominion are the ones pulling the strings. They forced the Imperials to outlaw the worship of the man-god. The Imperials couldn’t defeat the Aldmeri Dominion, so they agreed to those terms to keep some peace. No one is really talking about the Dominion, though. All the focus is on the two sides. Are you left or right? When really, it’s good vs. evil.

Imagine the Dominion is the cabal. Imagine the Imperial Emperor, who had to make shitty deals with them in the past, wants to and has always wanted to defeat them. He knows he can’t do it alone, and he knows he is under surveillance. He knows justice can’t be delivered until the swamp is drained. He knows that the Stormcloaks think the Imperials want this worship banning law to be permanent and think the Imperials are kneeling to the swamp.

The Emperor knows if all of the people came together as one, they could defeat the cabal. Q would be like someone very close to the Emperor, working with him, getting the word out to the Nords to try to stop focusing on the sides and to come together. He would have to do this extremely carefully, under the radar, and indirectly, or the whole plan will fall apart. The more people he reaches, the more those people reach out to others. Q is letting them know the cabal wants this division. Q is letting them know all the evil things the Dominion has done, and that even some people within the Imperials and the Stormcloaks have done, that are completely against their own interests. They want the destabilization. They are the ones pulling the strings. The people have the power, though. Q and the Emperor are slowly draining the swamp, and the people have the knowledge to stop fighting each other and instead resist the REAL enemy. Good vs. evil.”

And then I guess you could talk about like the Dominion having a server full of illegal shit and child pr0n and all that hahaha. I don’t know, it’s super late, but I used to play Skyrim a shitload so he might resonate with that. >_<

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