Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726204600/@comment-24038204-20130802061423

you people dont seem to understand the strategy of the thalmor... they keep their allies in line, either by bribing them, or by threatening them with OTHER allies they use the same allies to threaten with. therefore, it would be really hard to 'pay off' anyone. they are very good at divide-and-conquer- skyrim shows that pretty clearly. all they have to do is gather levies by force whenever a war begins and boom, biggest military in the world.