Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9062114-20141010174543

So, are the Thalmor REALLY as strong as many say? I mean, I have been in many Civil War debates, and one point that is made often is how the Dominion is super powerful and needs a lot to be taken down, but how true is this? After looking at some texts explaining their situation, this does not seem to be really true.

Many of you, probably think of how the Dominion managed to fight the whole Empire down into submission, but this isn't entirely true, the book The Great War actually explains how, during the "Battle of Red Ring" the Dominion lost one of the largest forces in Elven History completely. Yeah, the Empire was in weak shape, but the largest in Elven HISTORY think about how many soldiers that is! A smaller sized force was sent to Hammerfell and had the same fate, realistically the Dominion lost a uncountable amount of merpower, and probably due to their slow reproduction have not even recovered at all! Without Soldiers to actually do their battles, how can the Thalmor be this powerful? They do have magic talent, but lack combat strength, meaning they aren't even well rounded, so how could be so powerful?

What do you think, are the Thalmor powerful, or simply good politicans?  