Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-90.209.131.54-20130224155259

Firstly:

all of the septim line were dragonborn as the blades guarded all of them and the role of the bladesis to guard the dragonborn NOT the emperor which is why they dont guard the mede emperors.

secondly:

if the thalmor were left with such an advantage as we are lead to believe then they wouldnt have acepted the peace treaty no matter how in their favour it was, no they came out of the war just as badly mauled as the empire, this is why they are only sneaking around in skyrim instead of invading. also having three provinces is a dissadvantage for them as it means that thier military is thinly stretched due to them only recruiting high elves while thier enemies (note I say enemies NOT just the empire, everyone hates them) can draw troops from several races.

Furthermore the thalmors gains in the first war were due to blitzkrieg tactics, atacking fast with concentrated forces before the empire can respond, the empire is ready for a second attack so this will not work, this will lead to a war of atrition that the limited forces of the thalmor cannot win.