User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-5372149-20130516015716/@comment-3217145-20130516070713

Ulfric's in bed with Nordstrom! He's part of the One Percent!

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The Stormcloaks don't need to fight the Dominion. One country against an alliance of 3 will obviously not go well, but no one's saying that they'll be alone. Anyone who doesn't want to be Dominated has a dog in this fight.

It seems to me that nearly every province of the Empire either lies in ruins or already joined the Dominion. Skyrim is still going strong, and I'm not sure about High Rock. If an alliance of Skyrim and the other still-standing countries can't beat the Dominion, the Empire can't either, so it's a moot point.

The Dominion is the invading force. They know everyone hates them and doesn't want to ally with them. If they thought they could destroy the Empire or its provinces, they wouldn't have allowed it to surrender and maintain its independence with minor concessions. Especially since they've waited 25 years now, long enough for a generation of humans to mature into worthy fighters, but nothing to an elf. The fact that they did this implies that they're fallible, and needed to take a step back to ultimately win. Are they working on some kind of weapon? I don't know, but it seems far from certain that the Empire is at all necessary to beating them.