Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-97.81.240.58-20130603234626/@comment-24261859-20140330100846

StealthBlade98 wrote: With the proper people and large enough force it'd be impossible for them to stop that numbers game. This is TES we're talking about the rules are different than real life where there's methods of sabotaging communication and what not through technology On the other hand, there is Magic in the TES world, a field in which the Altmer are undeniably supreme. Perhaps they'd lose a war of attrition, but if they really wanted to, I'd bet upon them being able to pull off some pretty nasty tricks with their magic. They're still not invulnerable, but I do not think that they'd have lost the Great War had the White-Gold Concordat not been signed. The Empire won a single victory, but had still suffered unimaginable losses. Hammerfell was doing okay, but only just.

It'd be a long and bloody conflict if both sides fought to the death, but as it stands, the Thalmor would likely come out on top, especially given that Alinor is so far out of reach.