Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.72.53.15-20131217031236/@comment-94.118.19.49-20131230171341

The Dominion is nowhere near as powerful as they're given credit for. The main reasons for their initial success were 1) the Empire was already heavily weakened and divided, a mere shadow of its former glory 2) the Imperial Legions were caught by surprise in the initial invasion. Once the Legions had recovered from the initial attacks, gathered themselves and properly committed to the fighting the Dominions advances in Hammerfell were brought to a standstill and their main army in Cyrodiil was completely destroyed. The Thalmor throwing out the treaty again after the loss of their army in Cyrodiil implies a far heavier blow to them than they're prepared to admit. Admittedly the Emperor was completely retarded when he signed it but at that point neither side was willing/able to continue fighting.