User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part 1)/@comment-24210732-20131204210454/@comment-24210732-20131207131209

The Stormcloaks can beat the Dominion without the Empire. Here's why:

1) Alliances.

What you think the Stormcloaks couldn't form alliances? Hammerfell has no reason not to join. It's a great oppurtunity to finally destroy the dominion. And Hammerfell knows that the Dominion won't leave them alone forever. They know it's best to stop it now before it gets worse. High rock seeing this new alliance forming would liekly cecede from the Empire to join in. And speaking of Hammerfell...

2) Hammerfell fought off the Dominion alone. Why can't Skyrim?

If the Dominion decide to attack Skyrim it can only mean shit goes bad for them. If the Redguards could hold back the Dominion Skyrim certainly can. Like Hammerfell, Skyrim is a natural fortress only this natural fortress has dragons roaming around and who are more used to taking care of dragons by now? The Nords or the Altmer? Also the Redguards didn't have a dragonborn on their side. Which brings me to 3...

(3) Dovahkiin.

Yes I am bringing in the protagonist. Bite me... Anyone who says Skyrim cannot hold off the Dominion need to take a look at the Last Dragonborn. The guy who defeated Alduin twice. Ended the Civil War almost singlehandedly. And even slew the 1st ever Dragonborn. The guy is capable of slowing time summoning storms and even summoning dragons one of those dragons being undead so it can jsut be summoned over and over again. And his combat skills alone WITHOUT the thu'um are something to be feared. Dovahkiin took out an embassy full of thalmor singlehandedly and he also took out a thalmor fort with around 4 people with him. That was at the beggining of his story as well. Also having the weps and arms of gods help a lot. He is also in charge of factions like the DB and TG. He has the best assassins and thieves at his disposal. Good luck to the Dominion because they are going to need it. They are REALLY going to need it.