Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-13446185-20130828231811

Legate Alexandros wrote: I just read more about Great War. It seems that Thalmor and AD never got to the North of Cyrodil and Cheyndyhal repeled their invasion. After that, Titus Mede II, commensed a great offensive using three armies. One army was hidden near Chorol, from Hammerfel and AD had no idea of it's existance in Cyrodil. The other was made of mostly Nord legions under General Jonna. It seems that Titus II himself commanded the army, stationed in Bruma. They fell on Imperial City from three sides, surrounding the elves and takig them by surprise. Altmer tried escaping, but met with shield wall of General Jonna's legions in the south. Titus Mede II, personaly captured Aldmeri General, wielding what suggested a Goldbrand. If I am not mistaken, thais is one of Boethia's artifacts. The official sourses deny that Titus II wielded that sword, but if he was really Boethia's champion, I don't think anyone would admit to it.

Now, here's where the odd part comes in. After capturing Aldmeri General, capturing Imperial city, and all but destroying entire army of Aldmeri Dominion in Cyrodil; Titus II simply leaves the city. Appearanly he also left Aldmeri General to the mercy of others in Imperial city, as he was stung up for White Gold Tower. The way I see it, Empire was finally wining, Cyrodil was saved, Hammerfell was regaining their positions as well. Why the heck did they sighned a treaty, that was humiliating to the Empire and not the Dominion? If you look at what that treaty did to the Empire, you might as well think that Empire really lost the war, despised all those victories. What the explanation for that? The only logical explanation that I can come up with is that Thalmor used somekind of mind trick on Imperial delegation and made them sighn humiliating treaty, that for the most part was just an acception of original ultimatum presented by Thalmor in the begining of the war. Why did they even fought a Great War, if at the end they accepted Thalmor terms despise the great victories. Perhaps they should have kept the Aldmeri General of the forces in Cyrodil, alive as a barganing chip. Maybe even treaten to kill him if AD wouldn't accept the terms that favors Empire, unless Dominion don't really care about what happens to their generals ofcourse.

Also, I know I write too much a lot, but I want some acknowledgement that people read trough my post, that one time that I went trough all those troubles to find the information on how many leagions exactly are in Imperial army, I don't think anyone even cared. Even though someone before, wrongfuly claimed that there are only 4 legions and AD destroyed 3 out 4. Thank you for your consideration, I am trying to be to the point, but my point sometimes takes a lot of space. Yah I found the terms of the WGC strange also. They sighned it at a point were the Dominion was losing the war, I mean I can understand the reason for trying to make a peace treaty with the Dominion as both of the empires were rather weak, but the treaty seemed 100% in Aldmeri favor. He should have never signed it.