Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.139.116.236-20131222233804/@comment-33128831-20180227013608

206.225.103.112 wrote: It’s amazing how dumb all of you are. stormcloak independence would mean destruction for skyrim. They cannot sustain themselves and require the empire for trade. Once they become independent, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD STOP THE DOMINION FROM ENTERING SKYRIM. The legion wouldn’t stop them, why the hell would they? They just lost a war fighting the stormcloaks so why would they stop they try to help them now? Skyrim would lose its trading partners and would fall easily. The fact that an Army that lost to the Dominion is at a stalemate with the Stormcloaks should be enough evidence that the Storncloaks could not win alone. What part of losIng resorces, men, allies, and land, makes all of you morons think that an independent skyrim would be better? It makes nowhere and the Redguards had many tools And luck to help them beat the dominion. But now if Skyrim were independent with no allies, what the hell makes any of you think they could survive? You sir have heavily underestimated both the stormcloaks and the imperial legion, During the great war, The legion killed waves of them. Pretty sure the stormcloaks are those same legionnaires. Also the Legion have mages. The mages the Stormcloak have are likely also Legion veterans themselves.

And Both sides have a faster chance of defeating the thalmors. They can Recruit Giants and warriors, Don't believe me?

Here is bethesda's unused cw mission script plan for example:
 * 8 - recruit a giant
 * 10 - recruit a warrior ally
 * 11 - recruit orc ally

With that being said, Both sides could easily beat the thalmor without breaking a sweat, Vanilla Skyrim's lore is weak, But The cut-content lore makes much more sense.