Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25343239-20150319182007/@comment-32014963-20180324163854

Not insanely biased but joking and showing you how stupid it is to try and force your heavily opinionated views of the situation on another person who is obviously not interested.

Stating indisputable facts = taking everything that can be warped by interpretations out.

Facts is at start of Great War, Empire had 4 Provinces under its command.

Aldmeri Dominion was form through trickery etc... these are not important as they can be warped by interpretations such as yours.

'Important: Aldmeri Dominion was 3 Provinces. Client or not, doesn't make a difference.'

How is the things going on within the Aldmeri Provinces? Relationship? Bullied or not? All these can be warped by interpretations. Blah Blah Blah. Not important. Fact is Aldmeri Dominion is 3 Provinces.

By the end of Great War and later after Treaty of Stros M'kai, Empire had 3 Provinces.

I never talked about relationship because one can always warp the relationships between Redguards and Empire through word play. Hence not important.

'Empire had 3 provinces this is the key. Because they said it themselves. They oust Hammerfell out of Empire' for their own interests.

Aldmeri Dominion Provinces' situation? You say only nobody confirms through the Lore. Important is there are completely no statements saying the Aldmeri Dominion had broken up or any of its Provinces have become so weak that they cannot put together a coherent army.

Or else the Empire wouldn't have looked at it so seriously and by that definition, if it is as bad as you claimed... which you didn't seemed to realized how bad you made AD internal situation out to be... then anyone, not just the Stormcloaks who is capable of putting together a legion or stronger fighting force can march into any of the Provinces and establish a Kingdom. These are not important as everything can be manipulated by words and interpretations.

'Important: Empire lost a Province after Great War and there's a Civil War in Skyrim with a substantial number of people wanting to leave the Empire. These are confirmed facts. Civil War left Skyrim weakened. '

Hence by the start of TESV,  Empire = 2.5 Provinces.

Don't have any facts from exploring inside of Aldmeri Provinces, don't talk much.

'As of start of TESV, AD = 3 Provinces. Because no evidence to show what is the situation in Aldmeri Provinces. Everything claims are assumptions with -100% resistance to manipulation by interpretations and words play. '

Not of importance: Preparing war against a stronger foe only to face a pleasant surprise that they are weaker than expected is better than preparing for a weaker foe praying your assumption is right only to get the worst possible surprise: They are way stronger than expected for example ignorantly prepare for a foe equal to 1 province's strength with 2.5 thinking you have 3 provinces worth of strength only to find they had 5 Provinces worth of strength.