Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726204600/@comment-10207438-20130913201153

Haxmonster wrote: I don't see either how a bunch of people from various professions with iron swords could attack the dominion, wich almost destroyed the Empire. The Empire was too focused on saving Cyrodiil alone; Cyrodiil is easily conquerable. If the Stormcloaks are able to separate Skyrim from the Empire the Thalmor have no choice but to leave Skyrim(and stop all progress in their murdering of potential threats) or start the next great war; their numbers are so few in Skyrim that they have no chance of beating them without sending reinforcements; To send reinforcements to Skyrim they'd have to go through Cyrodiil or Hammerfell, two other countries that really hate the Thalmor, or sail around the entire continent; both of these options are damn near impossible if they want to conquer Skyrim.