Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-24075086-20150810185834

College Mage: Ferris wrote: Phantasys wrote: College Mage: Ferris wrote: Phantasys wrote: College Mage Ferris' argument is crap. The dominion could simply invade Cyrodil now if they could do so that easily. Now I don't know about that.... I think Ferris makes excellent points, and isn't too hard on the eyes either... What makes the Stormcloaks better? They're not helping the thalmor. They're actually protecting their people instead of helping the Thalmor march them into death camps. United? The empire's lost all trust the provinces had in it... I didn't ask how the stormcloaks were better (but thank you for proving my point) I asked how they expected to win, and how they plan to defend against a united Dominion when they have so much trouble with 1 legion of soldiers. And protecting their people? You mean like how Skald wanted to conscript children for the Stormcloaks or just TELL a group of miner thats they were not going to be trading in their pick axes for war axes? YEAH they really look after their people.

Don't try and tell me the Empire is "helping" the Thalmor when you and I both know that isnt true. They're not buddies, they're not allies, the Empire is abiding by the rules of the WGC. If you really think they're helping the Thalmor I'll point to the Dossier of Ulfric as my evidence that Ulfric is listed by the Thalmor as a helper.

I DID explain how if you had read what I wrote. Without an Emperor and then losing Skyrim, cutting off supply lines from High Rock would hit much harder than you think, leaving the Empire very vulnerable to a direct attack. Once they break through, who's coming to help the Empire? according to you, "no one" so Cyordiil will fight, 1 v 3 and inevitably lose that fight, and then you have Dominion on the main land, within striking distance of the 2 last opposing forces.

The WGC was signed in 4E 175, the civil war in Skyrim starts in 4E 201, Do you think the Dominion has just been sitting around with their thumbs up their arse for the last 26 years? (That's not fresh from a loss) They are not as weak as you would like to believe they are. The Empire has been dealing with its own issues of regaining its province back, losing hammerfell, and now a civil war in Skyrim, they have had little time regroup after their losses where as the dominion has been dealing with some mild internal struggles from minor resistance groups. I'd say you're ignoring facts here not me. You're going to point to Skald? Fine, Maven Black-Briar is a full on crime lord with no redeeming qualities. Don't even mention the Silver-Bloods as they at least had a reason to do what they did.

Ulfric's a Thalmor helper? Cute...it's the imperial soldiers that are taking up arms against their own people for the thalmor. I'd take an unwilling "under extreme circumstances" helper over their attack dogs anyday.

EXACTLY! The Dominion can do half the work for us and kill off the empire while weakening themselves! Without meatshields the empire will have to get its own hands dirty and fight to the last man...once they're all dead Hammerfell and Skyrim will pounce.

LOL what do you expect the dominion to do? Send their toddlers into battle? Elves breed far slower than humans do, they've got lower fertility rates, and they take far longer to reach maturity. To the Falmer the Atmorans multiplied in the blink of an eye. The dominion's biology works against them, they're going to need centuries to recover to any decent degree.