User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part 1)/@comment-4225295-20131206210942/@comment-12599067-20131207035050

1) Excuse me, what makes you think a man who has influenced only a few holds to his cause can defeat the Aldmeri Dominion, which has most of Valenwood or half of Elsewyr in it's grasp?

2) Okay, elves reproduce slower than humans. It's been thirty years, and there's quite a few Thalmor soldiers in other areas, therefor there can be a pretty strong amount of elves wandering about Tamriel.

3) There's actually two Embassies(?). That said, they've got a keep up north and you can easily find a few wandering the roads of Skyrim. Either way, gameplay is not necessarily lore. The City of Ysgramor should have hundreds of people, yet only has about 20, not including guards.