Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-30011802-20170217032502/@comment-26893431-20170302225109

Terawolf119 wrote: 1. You forget that the Nords were use to all of the weather, moutains, and cold. They take the necessary procuations as well as havimg inborn resistant, the lived in that climate their entire life, not to mention that they already were settled and healed before the war started.They would have to use large numbers to overpower the defenses and the Nords, like everyone before them, which would draw the attention to the Empire and with numbers so large the Empire would get suspicious, and the Thalmor wouldn't want that so they would use smaller numbers, and that wouldn't work. 1. There's nothing stating anything about numbers. Skyrim's natural defences are just lacking and you seriously overrate them.

Seriously, there's nothing stating that the Nords were able to use their "natural defences" to their benefit before, because they simply aren't that great.