User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-173.184.68.192-20111221001915/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111221043924

At the end of the Great War, if the AD could have conquered all of Tamriel they most certainly would have. Remember the mede empire's spy (Blade) network was destroyed, but the dominion's was very much intact. If they had more troops they would have know and continued the war. The very fact that they did not infact do that and instead present the concord shows pretty clearly they were weaker or on an even level with the mede empire. Even level means here, both side's military strength was pretty much depleted. They want humanity gone, to just stop for no reason, if as you say they could have taken all of Tamriel... Would be so stupid and shortsighted, that I can scarcely imagine. Their spies would tell them the empire was going to pretend ban Talos worship, and build up it's forces to attack them again. And wanting to wait until Hammerfell and Skyrim leaves/loathes the empire so a conquest would be easier does not work as a answer, cause your saying the dominion could already at the signing of the concord take Tamriel easily. The only answer there could be, is that the AD was in no position to take all of Tamriel at that point.