Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-72.74.78.185-20141206195003

This thing is getting long, I might start a part two to this discussion in the future.

Can we just stop talking about the duel. It doesn't mater weather or not the duel was illegal. Toryig was a puppet of the empire, who paid him a small fortune to get him to ratify the concordat. Doesn't he know that 90% of his population worships the god his boss is telling him to outlaw. Could he at least have said something? The fool deserved to be killed.

When everyone says "the empire needs to take back Skyrim so they can win the war with the Thalmor", I think the more correct answer would be "the empire needs to be kicked out of Skyrim so they can get exactly what they deserve from the Thalmor". But really, it doesn't mater. They're main god is outlawed. They're sense of national pride is decimated. They're intelligence agency is disbanded, They're armies are two week to put down a small resistance force and almost everybody else hates them. They are also two week to keep they're enemies from doing unspeakably horrible things to they're own citizens. The empire is weak, it's just weak, and eventually they will go the way of the USSR and collapse. Meanwhile, what do the Stormcloaks have. A skilled, tactical, war hardened leader. A large group of supporters. Lots of weapons and ammunition (Nords are the best smiths in Tamriel) and lots of potential allies. The Redguards will be more than willing to team up with them to help kick the empire's butt. He orcs of Orsinium are always looking for a fight and I'm sure some of the city states in high rock are getting tired of the empire as well. Not to mention Nords are the strongest, toughest, most disciplined army on the battlefield. I thing that they will be able to at least drive the dominion off of the continent if not destroy them completely.