Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25343239-20150319182007/@comment-260563-20180320214035

Dapoculos13 wrote: Dude...shorten your essays, please. TL;DR. I think you're wrong regardless.

And how is that? The Thalmor in the Fourth Era are terrible rulers. They build up their alliances based on bayonet rule and lies. They're overstretching themselves. They're not building any relationships with other nations based on genuine goodwill and long-term sustainability. And they lost the majority of their army in the last war. That's not good politics at all, much less good warfare. The Empire still has manpower and cash galore, and the only gains the Dominion had from the last war was a province they couldn't hold, and a small rebellion on the ass end of the Empire that even the Whiterun Guards could end anytime. And considering that Ulfric attacks Whiterun anyways, Dragonborn or no Dragonborn, the Skyrim Civil War will logically end with a crushing Imperial victory, with the majority of the Imperial forces remaining untouched since the civil war was fought by the Empire using local troops in Skyrim instead of forces rotated from Cyrodiil or High Rock.