Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25343239-20150319182007/@comment-32014963-20180309202650

Empire's mages has become politicians and aren't as strong as they used to be. There has been no indication that they recovered their mages' strength. Plus every Jarl has a Court Wizard so yeah, there's that.

Note: Not all Magic Users are tactical or strategic level. Majority are field level. What you are trying to imply seems to be the entire Aldmeri Dominion are made out of Strategic level mages which is false. If they have as much as a Platoon... hell section size squad of Elves at  Strategic level in magic, they'll be able to obliterate the Empire without any contest. The petty schoolboy level mages in the Empire who are more interested in playing politics and looking important to conceal the fact that they are talentless, with skill and not even capable of putting in the effort to get better in magic can't do anything to Mages at strategic or Tactical level.