Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-74.135.126.174-20131102220415

Legate Alexandros wrote: I do wonder, if Aldmeri Dominion invading Skyrim would be anything like Napoleon/Hitler invading Russia. Hitler tried not to make the same mistake Napoleon did, instead of fall, he invaded in summer. However, the result was similar, despised both of their guesses, the war went well into Russian winter. The only exception is that Napoleon did capture Moscow and that was his unduing. You see, he tought that he accomplished something that would bring Russia to her knees, that he captured THE OLD CAPITAL of Russia. Napoleon was waiting anytime that Boyars will come with the keys to the city, while sitting in Kremlin. The truth was, as hard it was for Russia to do, but Moscow was given up to Napoleon with little fights. Comanders knew, that Napoleon's army was simply too vast to face head on, so they evacuated as many people from Moscow as possible and let French celebrate their victory by looting, pillaging and partying. By the time Napoleon realized that no one is going to give him keys from Moscow, he had a demoralized army of murrauders on his hands, while Russians had enough time to assemble a fresh army, matching Napoleon's, outside of Moscow, on the road from Moscow to the new capital, Saint Pitersburg.

So I wonder, if by the time AD will get to Skyrim, they would be drawn farther and farther, until they encounter Skyrim's winter. Perhaps either Solitude or Windhelm would be given to them to make them think that they achived something. At the end, they would finally have to face the army of entire Skyrim, with all of their great swords, battle axes and the power of the t'hum. Not to mention if Dragon crisis isn't over yet, AD would probably be picked at by a random Dragon who owns no loyalties to anyone but Alduin. Wouldn't it be a fun excurtion of Aldmeri Dominion, into Skyrim? Argonians can survive outside the city of Windhelm, which is always snowy and cold, so I don't think elves would have much trouble.