Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-80.216.214.210-20130822000646

VAULTEER wrote: This did start regarding the next Emperor.

But the anon apparently has the memory of a goldfish, seeing as how he can't remember why I said the White-Gold Concordat was necessary.

Once again, the war HAD to end, lest the Empire fall. It would have. We know this. If the Empire falls, so does Man. Proven by the FACT that Skyrim would be taken. They now have a complete circle around Hammerfell. They would take it, only in a matter of time. The Bretons would fall without much effort, more than likely instead making a treaty with the AD, to avoid further bloodshed.

The Empire falls, which it would if you were in power, so does Mankind.

But of course you are going to disagree once more, bringing up that the Redguards held off the AD. That was a while back. If they capture Cyrodiil and Skyrim, the AD will be stronger than ever. You fail to realise the potential of capturing resources and land. You fail to realise that if they capture the majority, and peace happens for dozens of years, they will have the upper hand when it comes down to the showdown. They could take Cyrodiil. They could take Skyrim, because Ulfric took over, while the Empire was crumbling. That'd be all you'd need. You do realise goldfish have perfectly fine memory?

And no, the war didn't need to end.

They could have had a phony war, ie there'd be a declared state of war maybe some proxy conflict but nothing more.

Which is all that would have happened if Titus didn't love the thought of submitting to elves so much.

Again I'll repeat the AD couldn't have pressed on and the evidence is plain to see to anyone who doesn't love the Dominion.

They couldn't hold Cyrodiil, they couldn't hold Hammerfell.

Why would they be able to hold Skyrim.