Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-1600847-20131212005245

80.216.220.48 wrote: But Alduin was viewed as a legen..

Yeah, I'm dropping this.

Except to say Mer is Mer is... and so on.

What can be done to one can be done to another.

Well, sure.

But the Thalmor were nowwhere close to winning so to say the five Races were brought to the brink is well... I don't rightly know.

True that is what the Thalmor would have done if they won but seeing as they were not even close to winning it seems a moot point. For the millionth time, I'm not saying that being a legend means it's not real, I'm saying what's in the legend isn't always the same as what really happened.

Snow Elves and Altmer are two completely different species. They're Elves. That's the only things they have in common.

Sure, it could be done again. It could also fail. More than 500 Nords tried to defeat the Dunmer and Dwemer at the Battle of Red Mountain and they FAILED. They were also Elves, against over Nords Warriors AND Masters of the Voice. Yet they failed. Because not all Elves are the same.

Not even close to winning? They were one victory away from defeating the Empire. They could see victory without binoculars, they were so close.