User blog comment:The Milkman/Why High Elves Suck/@comment-4684885-20111217081613/@comment-3444868-20111221040453

An alliance would be necessary but not with the Empire, the Redguards of Hammerfell have on beaten back the Dominion twice and are still fighting them. All the Nords need to do is unite and join them. Dark Elfs are not even well liked by other Mer, (the Dominion is all High Elfs and Wood Elfs), so they are kind of a wild card. Plus thats just one city out of nine, it clearly seems that Dark Elfs are excepted in Whiterun because the Housecarl of the Jarl is one. It still comes down to the fact that the Empire is just to worried about their own ass to put up a real fight.