Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-26213507-20150719035157

We sort of have to reply to LLamakingGod&7 because if we don't, he will assume he has won. Azura, I will try to keep the agression down, but if I'm insulted too much, I will strike back.

Now, onto buisness. Malborn (not Malborne) is a native of Skyrim, not Valenwood. I don't care if he has decendents or was a kid there. He was individually wronged. Anyway, he fled to Morrowind. Don't worry because I followed him to the border once. I don't know of anymention of any unhappy natives there. Last I checked, there are no sleeper agents in Valenwod and Summerset Isles either, which means  there won't be any rebellions, especially in the heart of The Dominion, the Summerset Isles.

Hammerfell is rebelling... to what? Who? The small force of Thalmor was driven out, and the few elite soldiers are on their side. Hammerfell is an independent state, and sending forces into it would be an act of war (if that's what you were thinking), and it certainly wouldn't be considered a rebelion. They already ceceded peacefully, and they are not currently fighting, btw. The Redguard farmer is there because the developers didn't want to make more than one Stormcloak farmer, and the same goes for the Dunmer Imperial farmer. Saadia is not an agent of The Dominion. Where is the source for that?

"The Empire is a puppet" Not really. If they were really a puppet, then Titus Meade II would have been locked in a dungeon by The Dominion, and a puppet Emperor would have been placed on the throne right after the war. Although the WGC was harsh, it could have been way worse, like Germany at the end of WWI. They were forced to lose most of their military, and weapons and factories were seized. The Empire, as a part of the armistice, had to let Thalmor into Imperial lands and pretend that Talos didn't exist (which was all show).

Although Elewen sits at the peace council, that's all that The Dominion have in terms of intervention with the government of at least Skyrim. A true puppet example is Riften or Markarth. The Silverbloods own the guards of Markarth, and Maven controls Riften.

The Dominion forces, yes they are weaker after the war, but not by a serious amount. There is no way they are spread thin.

Btw, once again, your Dragonborn is not the only one. Not everyone kills Thalmor all the time. Please consider other options with everyone else.

Last I checked, there is a choice between the Stormcloaks and The Empire. Oh wait, that's right, you live in a world where Hadvar being a phsycopath for caring about you and the people oh Helgen, and where The Empire brings people out of their homes to gut them. Again, your Dragonborn is different. If we were to use that logic, then I would say that you must join The Empire and you must wear Imperial armor everywhere. But I am not really saying that.