Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-80.216.214.210-20130818234143

SajuukKhar wrote: The Thalmor's supposed "dominance" over The Empire's politics and operations is existent only in propaganda. 1. Because it isn't what I am saying.

2. They chose to accept the Empire's surrender so that they could not only resupply themselves, to make thier chances of winning even greater, but so that they could destabilize all the races of men further, to make them even easier targets.

It's far easier to pick off the races of men one by one, nation by nation, by splitting them up via things like the Skyrim Civil War, and the Hammerfell incident, rather then having to take Cyrodiil, and then Skyrim, and Hammerfell, and the High Rock, when all the races of men are united and willing to back each other up should any one of them fall.

Well, Skyrim has shown that, despite the AD's supposed rulership, The Empire has been largely negating their authority for years.

Before Ulfric started trouble, the ban on Talos was unenforced, and even with the AD calling on the WGC to pull "authority" in Skyrim, they have been marginalized to a "embassy" in the middle of nowhere, and their agents in places like Markarth have been stalled and halted by the Jarls at almost every step. Even their leader in Skyrim basically gets told to sit down and shut up during the peace conference, with Tullius having the brass to say even he doesn't like her there, with no repercussions taken against him. This does not mesh.

Can't have it both ways.