Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-24873188-20150731030032

Oh boy, this is a long thread! Hope I didn't miss anything too crucial by skimming around here and there, it really is long... :l Either way, I'm jumpin' in here, was I one of only a few who had noticed something a bit odd...there aren't any female legionnaires? The only ones that I've seen was one standing guard at the very beginning of the game in Helgen, and one killed by the dragon at Dragontooth Crater, whereas the Stormcloaks are made up of atleast 1/3 females, if not more...I dunno, just thought it was interesting. (If someone's already brought all that I've said now earlier I apologize now :Y)

Also, I wish there was another option in the war (and also what you did actually had an impact aside from diff. jarls and guards...ugh). I may sound naive here, but even though I went with the Stormcloaks I would've been more comfortable with being able to somehow...join the forces? I mean think about it, if they were both nudged in the right directions and Ulfric would be able to see his dossier, would it have been possible to have made them aware of whats actually going on and who's the real enemy; the Thalmor? In fact, since it's known the Thalmor are trying to draw out the war for as long as possible and weaken Skyrim's forces, and don't want either side to win...why not have a meeting and combine it all into one, major force?

The Thalmor obviously wouldn't have predicted for such things, but although I like Ulfric I must admit I don't know how well combining forces would be, unless a lot of gold and compensation were to be offered. Showing him his own dossier  may even open his eyes a bit, though. When he's in Sovngarde he realizes his mistakes because the situation was put into a much larger perspective for him to see; the dossier may have the same effect, without himhaving to die.

Same goes for Tullius though, I couldn't see him agreeing unless it'd be under the same treatment. It wasthe same trouble getting him to arrive at the meeting..Then again, at the end of the quest of taking over Solitude, he tells Ulfric that the Thalmor are the real enemy. So, if the idea was brought up to both sides, who knows how it would turn out.