Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-13199219-20130816012126

Pink Slim wrote: Th3Antioch wrote: Pink Slim wrote: SajuukKhar wrote: TheGreenSabre wrote: The original Mede was impressive, Colovian warlord Titus I reunited the Empire, and then Titus II essentially tearing it apart again. Except fighting a war he knew he would only win at great cost in order to prevent a full-scale civil war from destroying The Empire, and letting Hammerfell go so they could give the AD a black eye, while at the same time protecting the rest of The Empire from another great war before they were ready. How terrible. A good emperor would have let himself become a martyr before he gives away a province just to hurt an enemy, he is meant to protect his people, not stab them in the back and let them fend for themselves against a foe that nearly slaughtered you. Actually, the Emperor had to let go of the province because he was ready to sign a treaty because he didn't have enough men to keep fighting the war, and the redguards refused to bow down to the Dominion. He didn't stab the redguards in the back, they took it upon themselves. The Backstabbing happened before then, The WGC was just the empire running away.

The Empire divereted all their legions back to the Imperial city; the Redguards were rather defenseless without the Imperial legions fighting the Dominion forces, who were still invading Hammerfell as the Legions were pouring out; The Redguards had to adapt to guerilla fighting so they wouldn't be massacred by the AD forces. That was where they were stabbed in the back and left to fend for themselves. You forget that the Imperial general did not want to leave Hammerfell, so he discharged a large number of good soldiers and claimed he did it for either mental reasons or wounds (I forget which, I believe he used the word undesirables). These soldiers ended up helping both fronts for the Empire: The Altmer still saw nords and imperials fighting in Hammerfell, so they didn't know the bulk of the army had moved to northern cyrodiil to get ready for the battle of red ring. These extra troops caught one of the elven flanks off guard, as they didn't expect them.