Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-121511-20150416144551

Phantasys wrote: I'm sick of the dumbasses saying the Stormcloaks would lose to the dominion without the empire...pray tell how the Dominion plans to invade Skyrim? Sail around for months on end with possible hostiles on either side? Sail WAY around and go south from the Sea of Ghosts? Go through the empire when the imperials have three legions on the border of Valenwood on high alert for a dominion invasion force? There's no feasible way for elves to sack Skyrim.

You forget that the Dominion defeated the Empire when it consisted of Hammerfell, High Rock, Cyrodiil, the Orcish Strongholds, and Skyrim: five nations together by very nature of union cannot be weaker than a single member nation. Further than that, the Dominion possesses the strongest Navy in Tamriel, has been free to recover its military capability in relative peace (whereas Skyrim has had no shortage of war and crisis), and the Civil War ending in secession leaves Skyrim with very few potential allies (and causes animosity between Skyrim and High Rock/Cyrodiil). That said, the Dominion doesn't even need to sack Skyrim's cities: all it needs to do is blockade it, and watch it starve.

To keep on topic, however, no: the Dark Brotherhood cannot be considered good. They are amoral at best, as one should keep in mind that they are above all else contract assassins: mercenaries who kill for gold, regardless of the target. It does not matter if they are contracted to kill a living saint who has done nothing but good in his lifetime, and benefits the entire realm with his actions: if properly paid, they will attempt to kill him.