Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-10207438-20140110165311

76.212.125.175 wrote:

Pink Slim wrote:

well now that Titus Mede is dead the empire has the potential to have a compitent emperor, my vote would be for Balgruuf, no matter what side you choose he will always join with the empire, and if they go with the Season Unending finish to the civil war he could be held in high esteem for having ended the civil war, and he is willing to risk his life for his people. he would make a great leader one who the stormcloaks would respect. Except Mede wasn't incompetent by any means really, he was simply placed in a situation that was very much unwinnable. Hell had it been anyone else leading the Empire there might not have been an Empire left to fight for by the time skyrim starts. I see you didn't read most of the thread, I've said this multiple times and I'll say it again, Had Mede sent reinforcements to hammerfell to wipe out the small AD army that remained, the AD would have had no available troops left, the only way they could have sent troops to meet the imperial legions is if they left their cities unprotected, and that could have led to even further losses. so as you can see, the war was very much winnable, Mede's failure to follow through with the win led to hammerfell seceding, skyrim rebeling, and if the rebels win (which is a good possibility)  it will leave Cyrodiil and Highrock a distinct lack of land trade routes, travel by sea is still a possibility, but it will most likely be too slow to send food too and from Cyrodiil and Highrock, and seeing as Highrock's economy hinges on trade, they might just leave the failed empire and come to some alliance with Hammerfell and/or Skyrim.

now, which seems more unwinnable? the one where you could lose a couple hundred soldiers and completely eradicate all your enemy's soldiers? or the one where all your friends hate you and your enemy is slowly poisoning you?