Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-1600847-20131212014800

80.216.220.48 wrote: Sure, but how many Elder Scrolls legends turn out to have happened or been true all along?

Literally every single one of them?

That's all they need to have in common for my point to stand.

Well, yes but did they go into those battles overestimating the Altmer?

Since they lost I'd argue that yes they overestimated the Altmer.

Not all elves are the same but all elves are in fact elves.

Do explain why they threw away their assured victory with the WGC?

You are saying that the AD was winning, why allow their enemy to rearm?

Victory was right there within their eyesight like you're saying but still they don't pursue it.

Why didn't they?

Are they stupid? What you're using as evidence (i.e Alduin) aren't legends, but Elder Scrolls Prophecies. Two completely different things.

The Battle of Red Mountain didn't involve Altmer is any way, shape or form. It involved Dwemer and Chimer.

Because Mede was an idiot. His Generals disapporoved of his decision. One man being an idiot doesn't prove all humans underestimate Altmer.

You make Altmer out to be harmless and useless, but they're not. They're skilled warriors and sailors with a grasp of magic most humans can't begin to understand. They're not as harmless and "pushovers" as you're trying to make them out to be. They are powerful. They are cunning. They are a threat.