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Blademaster Jauffre wrote: Possible. But I doubt that there's a resistance against the Thalmor in Dominion lands -- at least -- a large one. They are known to take down rebellions and dissidents with a passion. Possibly small-scale, but not guilds. There's bound to have factions even the Thalmor cannot easily touched and have been careful enough not to let the Thalmor have any reasons to touch them.

Rebellions and dissidents are for common peasants, I am talking about real threats. The ones who can cause wars that wipe out 90% of Tamriel's populace. I am not talking about Guilds. I am using Mage Guilds as a comparison to how widespread magic practices are in the Altmer society.

It is not just the political factions, even commoners were shown to be able to wield power that can create devastation enough to bring down a section of a city. Political leaders? They are likely to have mages who can wipe out the Imperial City if given enough time. In fact an Altmer General named Naarifin almost did it until he was stopped in a nick of time by a Goldbrand wielding Hero.