Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-6336669-20130821235438

This did start regarding the next Emperor.

But the anon apparently has the memory of a goldfish, seeing as how he can't remember why I said the White-Gold Concordat was necessary.

Once again, the war HAD to end, lest the Empire fall. It would have. We know this. If the Empire falls, so does Man. Proven by the FACT that Skyrim would be taken. They now have a complete circle around Hammerfell. They would take it, only in a matter of time. The Bretons would fall without much effort, more than likely instead making a treaty with the AD, to avoid further bloodshed.

The Empire falls, which it would if you were in power, so does Mankind.

But of course you are going to disagree once more, bringing up that the Redguards held off the AD. That was a while back. If they capture Cyrodiil and Skyrim, the AD will be stronger than ever. You fail to realise the potential of capturing resources and land. You fail to realise that if they capture the majority, and peace happens for dozens of years, they will have the upper hand when it comes down to the showdown. They could take Cyrodiil. They could take Skyrim, because Ulfric took over, while the Empire was crumbling. That'd be all you'd need.