Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-93.87.171.20-20140209175825

I have read that some Stormcloacks around here think that the rebels can win against the Dominion.

My question is - How? How coud that possibly happen?What do the rebels have that can stand against the Dominion's army?

High quality training? Nope.

Numerical advantage? Probably not,since the Dominion is bigger,more prepared and most likely more wealthy.

Magic? Nope,since the Nords hate magic and perfer hand to hand combat,and the high elves are bassicly born with magic talent.

Possible help from the outside (allies) ? Hell no,since the Imperials would most likely be at the rebel's throats and constantly trying to take Skyrim back,and there is not much reason for anyone to help the Stormcloacks. The Dominion can probably pull a few strings and give the Stormcloacks more trouble that they bargined for.

Spies? Stormcloacks can't in any way get their spies into the Dominion (with maybe the exeption of a VERY few wood elves,but I doubt the Dominon would allow any non-Altmer in their goverment),and the Altmer can easly hire a few Nord criminals or Deserters,train them and use them as spies against the enemy.

Are they more prepared? No,since they have just established control over Skyrim,and the Dominion is probably prepered for a war allready.As I said,the Empire woud probably keep sending more Legions at the Stormcloacks,and the Forsworn would probably not sit in the Reach without doing anything either (the war against the Dominion is probably the best moment for the Forsworn to charge and take back their homeland).

Is their army more diverse? No,they only have good infantry and mediocore archers. The Aldmeri Dominion has got Infantry,high quality Bosmer archer auxilia,extreamly good mages,mage-infantry hybrids and God knows what else.

But,I can hear you saying: "But what about the Voice? The Elves are totally screwed,the Nords will destroy them!". Well,not really,the Graybeards woud probably not want to participate in the conflict,they don't use the Voice for destruction - they use it for enlightment.

And I doubt they would be very happy about training a army for a war against a power that is activley worshiping the Divines,or any other group that did not attack them directly.

But even if Ulfric somehow convinced them to help him,learing a single shout takes years,training a whole ARMY to use shouts would probably be impossible without decades of money and effort put into it. 