Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-80.216.214.210-20130816211821

SajuukKhar wrote: He also had no means of preventing it from happening. The Empire had fallen apart before his family got ahold of it, The Thalmor had been around planning a comeback since Tiber Septim's time, and there was no way for him to conitue the great war to the point of beating The Thalmor. Yes, winning was out of the equation but the thing is stalemate was not.

They could have fortified Cyrodiil and simply waited for the Dominion to come knocking for peace.