Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24402683-20131012015855/@comment-70.165.48.162-20131107184443

The thing about a marsh is that the trees are typically as wet as the water and mud around them. Yes, they have sap on them that would burn, but the moist air and moisture collecting on the trees, which probably hasn't ever been touched, would likely just cause the fires to go out after a given amount of burning, and it is typically more difficult to burn swampland timber as the moisture collects inside the tree itself. Could multiple fireballs burn down the trees? Sure, I bet they could. Could the Argonians lie in wait in the rivers and swamps, jump out, drag the Thalmor into their depths and drown them before they burned down even a sizeable amount of the trees? I bet they could considering they've done that before, as stated in Black Marsh's page. (I haven't got the exact source for it, but even without it the conclussion is pretty logical considering they are expert guirrillas and can breathe under water.)