Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-1600847-20131212020904

80.216.220.48 wrote: Not contradictory though, are they?

What does Ralof say in the beginning of the game?

When Alduin swoops in on Helgen?

Something about "could the legends be true"?

And what does Ulfric say to that?

"Legends don't burn down villages?"

So clearly in Skyrim if perhaps not at all of Tamriel Alduin was in fact a legend.

Both still Mer though.

Point taken he was an idiot but I did mean why did the Dominion throw away their as you say assured victory that was within their eyesight and accept the WGC?

Just won more victory and they would have won you say, why didn't they the AD that is push on?

Well, not harmless but I do very much believe they aren't as dangerous as they are made out to be on a personal or one to one level.

I am kinda of saying any random Redguard or Nord for instance could easily take any random Thalmor/Altmer, which yeah may or may not be true.

I'd label Altmer as a whole an Alduin-level threat to all of Mundus that needs to be made to go away.

You got me there, they are a real danger. I know Alduin's a legend, but he's also an Elder Scrolls Prophecy. Something that will happen no matter what.

Because the Dominion thought they were going to win when they started the war, and they almost did. No one starts a war thinking they're going to lose.