[quote=@Dervish]
<Snipped quote by Peik>

My first and regular TES character was a corsair.

Ye don't need cannons when ye have magic, scallywag
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It's not as fun when you can't hang your magic on bandoliers and have a bang and smoke fill the air whenever you magic misshul.

[quote=@Leidenschaft]
Really, really old TES lore says that High Rock and Hammerfell have gunpowder/cannons.
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Back when Imperials did not exist, Khajiit were just face painters and Argonians had bustling hair, I assume.