Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3539474-20130915230957

Goldflame33 wrote: 80.216.214.210 wrote: And the AD's ships and most of their captains won't be ready for Skyrim's waters.

I take it back, any attempt by the Dominion the invade by ship is like as not to make the Spanish Armada look like a raging success.They don't know the waters.How would they know Riften or any of the rebel held cities?

The empire wouldn't be "forced" per say but yeah they would show their true colors in such a scenario. Skyrim's waters are rough, but there are rough waters nearly everywhere. The Sea of Ghosts isn't always storming, also. Any ship sailing on rough waters has a chance to sink, and the Aldmeri Dominion captians have hundreds of years more experience than a Man ever could. How would they know Riften? It's not like they have spies or anything. The Thalmor have an embassy in Solitude yes? and everybody forget Esbern quest? and how they manage to track Malborn in Windhelm? AD scouts everywhere.