User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Argonian State, Neautrality or Planning?/@comment-71.206.130.65-20111230052627

Well it seems that a lot of what could happen from this situation rests on the fate of Skyrim. If Skyrim stays part of the empire then the empire is in a good position to oppose the Argonian State and the Dominion. Hammerfall can be defacto independent all it wants but when push comes to shove it can't allow the empire to fall and will be a steadfast ally against the dominion. Which means that if the Skyrim empire falls then Legion troops can send troops into morrowind or at least parts of morrowind. The Dominion wouldnt want that to happen and would likely side with the argonians which would just result in another great war unless the empire divides and has a peaceful arangement with the argonian state. However considering that morrowind is devastated by the volcanic eruption it may not be key to the empire's survival, or at least not all of it.

However if Skyrim becomes independent then the empire is introuble. Without Skyrim then Cyrodil is cut off from High Rock which would mean that the empire would essentially become 4 states, Skyrim, Cyrodil/Empire, high rock(because it is cut off significantly from CYrodil, and Hammerfell. The Dominion could attack Hammerfall or Cyrodil but would probably not want to inavertantly provoke all the humans to unite into some alliance/federation, but it may not include skyrim in that situation. In this senario morrowind is likely not going to be attacked although assuming the dark elves are happy about the argonians the argonians have their hands full maintianing control of morrowind. Therefore the dominion would be advised to maintain good relations with the Kajak(however its spelled) and try to play the humans against each other as well as supply/support the argonians to press their strategic advantage. What the dominion doesnt want is another major war because the humans would likely unite together before the thalmor could overtake them. Argonian involvement in the conflict would be solely dependent on wether or not their control of morrowind is draining their resources. Well there's my analysis. Hopefully we won't see a future in the elder scrolls where elves have enslaved and conquered the humans but it is a possibility, because come on a newly forged and revived human dominated empire wouldn't be the most exciting plot twist. In fact elder scrolls six would be fun if you were about to be executed by the thalmor and then get to lead a resistance movement against them in a faction based alliance forging manner similar to fallout new vegas, or be a traiter to your own race (in real life) and help the dominion crush all resistance.