Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-174.66.30.62-20150902055818

I've been thinking about this a lot lately and have wondered if the community can weigh in on this at all.

Does anyone think its possible for the Thalmor (Second Aldmerri Dominion) be run by (or heavily influenced by) Jyggalag.

Here's my thoughts behind this:

1) After the Greymarch and Jyggalag was given his true form back he had nowhere to go.

2) The end of the Greymarch and the closing the Oblivion gates were very close in date. We know Alinor was hit pretty bad by the Oblivion Gates and there was a lot of destruction in the aftermath.

So here's my reasoning. Without a Plane of Oblivion to call his own, Jyggalag decided to focus on the mortal realm. In as much as he could with the dragonfires being severed.

Where I get this from is the Thalmor's very quick rise to power, their highly organized nature, and their true leadership being wrapped in mystery. Adding in references such as the tie in books (I can't remember their names right now) we know the Thalmor rose to power, enough so that they were a threat to the Empire in under 50 years. That would be pretty difficult for a fledgling power to do, even with the Empire weakened by transition. However, if they had help from the Daedric Prince of Order, it wouldn't be all that hard.

My next point, the Thalmor are really organized. If you look at some of the in-game content for Skyrim, you see the Thalmor are really organized, everyone has a title and it just fits really nicely. For example, Elenwen is the First Embassador and her associate Rulindiil is First Interrogator, Third grade (honestly I can't remember specific title names please feel free to correct me). It goes to show just how stratified, in a good way, Thalmor leadership is.

Then we have Thalmor leadership itself, it remains to be seen WHO exactly is in charge of the Second Aldmerri Dominion. Personally I think that Jyggalag himself is the main man in charge, but due to Daedric limitations on Mundus it's more likely he just really influences a Mer bureacracy.

Well, there's my idea; sorry its kinda jumbled and disorderly (Jyggalag would be ashamed). What are you guys opinions? 