Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-5558140-20130224232134

@ anon, the blades don't guard the medes because the blades were all wiped out by the thalmor. and the role of the blades is to guard the emporer, but if their are no blades, that explains why they don't guard the emporer, the penitus oculatus were given that role. even if you dont read up on lore you could've found that out just from playing the main questline. the thalmor aren't invading because the aldmeri dominion's heirarchy is sitting back pulling the strings, letting skyim consume itself in civil war with whats left of the empire. they see the value in manipulating your enemies, not just going on in a full-frontal confronation. if the empire was really ready for a second attack, they probably wouldnt be in skyrim enforcing the rules of the white-gold concordat in the first place, much less have accepted it in the first place. although you were right about one thing; much like the nazis the thalmor rely on blitzkrieg tactics.