Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-26893431-20161024141653

Draevan13 wrote: I'm still curious why the Dominion went straight for Hammerfell. Originally, the Dominion army in Cyrodiil was only supposed to block any Imperial reinforcements from getting to Hammerfell, they only diverted to the Imperial City when they "saw how the Empire was" and decided to capture it.

What was so important about Southern Hammerfell the Dominion kept fighting there for 5 years after the Great War ended... Simple, Hammerfell would stretch the Empire thin, by making them fight in Hammerfell and Cyrodiil. Only when the Legion turned out to be weaker they changed plans.

Perhaps the Dominion wanted to weaken the remaining Redguard forces, while at the same time looting the place? The coast cities is where Hammerfell's value is at, looting those would seriously harm the Redguards. Add that up to a depleted army, and well, you have to recipe for a province that won't recover anytime soon.