Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-96.252.245.207-20130116060134/@comment-24261859-20140130002851

I don't think that would work because that assumes a Stormcloak victory in Skyrim (and continues to favor the Stormcloaks even more, which is downright unaccaptable), which would annoy Imperial players. Someone a while back suggested that it would take place after the Second Great War (if only just), which I like. As much as everyone would love to kick some Thalmor ass, it seems almost too obvious and passe by this point. If it does take place during a Great War, that will probably not be the main quest, but a side questline like the Civil War is in Skyrim.

TES has never had an amazingly intricate storyline, but simply "The Thalmor are trying to destroy Mankind! Fight them!" is just far too basic. It may or may not involve the Thalmor plot to deactivate the Towers and destablilize mundus (Makes sense, as the towers have featured prominently thus far--Direnni Tower in Daggerfall, Red Tower in Morrowind (sort of), White-Gold Tower in Oblivion, and Snow-Throat in Skyrim) but I doubt that the threat will come from something as obvious as an Aldmeri army. Perhaps a group of elite agents/operatives, like the Mythic Dawn were in Oblivion.