User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part 1)/@comment-24210732-20131204210454/@comment-24.44.231.128-20131207040031

I never said it couldn't be true. And why would they help the Stormcloaks invade SI? They certainly didn't help the Empire fight them during the Great War why would they now? They could still inflict huge losses from this supposed Second Great War. Also, out game is lore is not always considered canon. Until it is put in the game, it is used as optional reference, as Kirkbride was a Bethesda staff in the past. Sotha Sil Last Words is a document with an anonymous user, so you can't trust it's content completely. Besides, I don't see MK as a reliable source as most of the stuff he says doesn't make any sense.

The Altmer are not stupid. They would know that wood burns easily from fire so they would resort to fire magic. It would take a lot of ice to take out the fire out and the sailers would have to concentrate on the fire, not the sailing of the ship. Fire goes all over very fast so they would probably not be able to use ice magic on some parts of the ship. The ice magic would probably damage their ships as well. And aren't most nords warriors instead of mages/crusaders? And the Altmer are well equipped as they wear elven and glass armor which are stronger and more durable then steel and iron.

Hammerfell did not destroy the Dominion. They simply drove them out of Hammerfell and the Empire was helping them. And they didn't even take out all of the Dominion because 1/4 of them were still in Hammerfell. The Altmer navy wasn't weakened much during the war so it still stands strong. And we don't know how many Dominion forces were in Cyrodill or the percentage of the Dominion army. They don't reproduce that much slower. According to "The Real Barenziah", elves reproduce 2-3 babies and, rarely, 4 but mostly 2. But that is usually at an older age then humans. They are not over-populated because they die at a faster rate then humans. Most don't even live to their full age. Elves live far shorter then a thousand years. 100 is considered an adult. 200 is old. 300 is very old indeed. Any one who has lived longer then 300 years has made their life span longer through magic.

I highly doubt that one legion could equal to all the legions that were obliterated by the Dominion. I still cannot see the Dominion getting beaten by the Stormcloaks. The Altmer are very skilled in magic, more then any other race in Tamriel. Not to mention that the most powerful mage in all of Tamriel is an Altmer and lives in the Summerset Isles.