i am asking my self if the almeri dominion get to the board of black marsh they will continue? because i don´t think they will pass the diseases, traps of argonians underwater and other dangerous. what is your opnion about this? i want to know
i am asking my self if the almeri dominion get to the board of black marsh they will continue? because i don´t think they will pass the diseases, traps of argonians underwater and other dangerous. what is your opnion about this? i want to know
I have no doubt the Dominion could conquer the outer fringes of Black Marsh just as Tiber Septim did. But what would they want with the inner swamps, even if they could conquer them (which is highly unlikely)? Only thing there is swamps, diseases-ridden insects, and venemous/dangerous animals. There's nothing of value, which is why Black Marsh's inner swamps have never been conquered. Ever.
Imagine moving an army through that. Disease and venemous creatures/plants all around you. There are no roads, and you're constantly wet. Weapons and armor begin to rust. And at all times, all around you in the water, an entire army of Argonians could be just beneath the surface, breathing underwater. You can be attacked at any second, and the natives can then dive back under and be gone in a flash.
It's also a logistical nightmare to hold the swamps, even the outer fringes. There are no roads, they need to be built, and even when they are they need to be replaced every few years because they sink into the marshes over time.
Like Jimee, and Zipper, and others pointed out, there's basically no chance the Altmer could manage to take just a part of Black Marsh. But I'd like to see those ridiculous self-important elves try - maybe in the next game? :>
lol Your statements are compltely biased calling them "snooty elves" all the time lol.
Also, Your history is wrong, yes they do have Khajiit and Wood Elves, if not then those "stuck up elves" are much more formidable for it by being a small Island nation and taking on both the Empire AND Hammerfall. They also had to have a large force in reserve otherwise if they were beaten to nothing than they wouldn;t have forced all the terms for the WHite-Gold treaty lol. and yeah Hammerfall beat them...again as they waged a two sided war against both nations lol, thats like calling German SOldiers "pussys" in WW1 for holding both fronts, when in fact, it makes them much hardier troops.
Ill repeate again, they disconnected a whole generation from the Hist, Imagine if they were hell bent on taking Black Marsh as it was the final province they needed to rule a unified Tamriel, im sure causing a magically induced genocide or virus wouldn't be beneath them....then all they would have to worry about is an empty swamp lol.
Argonia can be taken its just as the other user pointed out, there is no reason for anyone to take the inner swamp, there is no benifit to them, and with lack of roads and forts and all the diseases, it would be pointless to take it
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lol Your statements are compltely biased calling them "snooty elves" all the time lol.
Also, Your history is wrong, yes they do have Khajiit and Wood Elves, if not then those "stuck up elves" are much more formidable for it by being a small Island nation and taking on both the Empire AND Hammerfall. They also had to have a large force in reserve otherwise if they were beaten to nothing than they wouldn;t have forced all the terms for the WHite-Gold treaty lol. and yeah Hammerfall beat them...again as they waged a two sided war against both nations lol, thats like calling German SOldiers "pussys" in WW1 for holding both fronts, when in fact, it makes them much hardier troops.
I'm afraid not, friend. The Bosmer and Khajiit do not fight for them, they are always called referred to as "Elves" in the Great War book. Those two races are simply treated as cattle to the Dominion, as shown in the Thalmor Embassy.
As per your logic that the White-Gold Concordat is only being upheld by the Empire is false, with little evidence to support it, I recommend reading that book The Great War to see more about the Dominion's losses in the war by the same name, quite interesting. Did you ever wonder why the Empire received criticism for it's signing of the White-Gold Concordat? Was it because the Critics of the Empire wanted the Thalmor to destroy them all (unlikely). Or maybe is it because they were so close to a victory until the Emperor foolishly backed out and gave into everything the Elves wanted, simply for peace! Can you call what's currently going on in the Empire, with the Dominion's oppression "peace"?
The Dominion would not be able to take Black Marsh, the outskirts maybe. But the inner-swamps are unbeatable, as I've explained not even Tiber Septim the conqueror of Tamriel or the freaking Daedric Forces could do it. Please cast aside your cherry-picking and realize the Dominion's is not actually all that powerful at all. Certainly not enough to take on something as powerful as the Black Marsh.
More so, the Aldmeri Dominion has been severely weakened ever since losing a large amount of their forces during the Great War as well as ongoing conficts with Hammerfell shortly afterwards. They've lost huge numbers of Altmer, Bosmer, and Khajiit to the War and are in no shape to declare war against any province for at least a few decades until they can regain their strength by acquiring more troops. Currently, the Thalmor try to make it seem as if they're more powerful than ever, but if that were really true, then they would have a significantly stronger military presence across the whole of Tamriel. Attempting to conquer Black Marsh now would be nothing more than suicide.
Cherry pick? lol so you mean to tell me the Dominion didn't beat the emprie and take their city while also engaging Hammerfall? thats all made up...talk about delusional.
The EMperor wouldn't have given everything to the elves if he had a large chance at winning as you so wrongly think he did. Again if the Dominion had no reserves then there would be NOTHING stopping a Hammerfall/Imperial Alliance from taking the fight to them and ending them, stop making stuff up and siding with the Empire for the sake of siding with the empire and look at things with no bias. Dominion got their way because they had enough strength in reserve to force the EMperor's hand. saying "yeah well, they are lying they are not that strong" is simply Imperial Propaganda, Just like Thalmor have their own propaganda in books such as the Talos Mistake. From a military perspective you don't get your way with a treaty without having the upperhand, lies are not going to save you and have you get your way
and "as powerful as black marsh?" lol they are not that strong in fact the only reason they pushed back the Daedra is because they had the ENTIRE population whipped into a frenzy, not because they had a great powerful army. In fact their Invasion was pushed back in Morrowind once Redoran mobilized the remaining forces of the Great Houses, and that was after they got hit hard by Daedra.... imagine if they tried to go up against the main Daedric army in Cyrodil lead by Dagon himself, they would be slaughtered. in fact im willing to bet they sustained heavy casulties considering they are not all warriors and had women, farmers, children, laberors, traders too, soooo much canon fodder. numbers and shock is why they won, that woudln't last forever though. against a professional standing army in the fields they would be routed pretty fast...
you have made too many assumptions about the hist and the argonians, first of all when whas it ever stated anyplace that the entire population of argonians was put into a frenzy, you literaly made that up, not only did you make it up it just sounds stupid to begain with. The truth of that matter is that we have no idea how the An-Xileel pushed back the daedra invashion, we only know that the hist gave them warning that it was comming due to there conection and future seeing powers granted to the by i beleive there god sithis, if you read the lore you will find that the hist and the argonians by extention have a deep conection with sithis, this is why any argonian born under the star symbole of the shadow was trained as a shadow scale for the dark brotherhood, to be used by black marsh at a later date, tho i beleive the An-xileel stopped this practice some time during the decline of the dark brotherhood, tho thay still could be training them as assassin just not leting the DB use them due to there argonians only policy. now if the An-Xileel had fought the main force with the same ligistics given to them by the hist then i have no doubt the would have been able to push back and invade the oblivion planes just as they did in black marsha asforthere incvashion of morrowind, no the Great Houses were not able to push back the argonians much, and I do beleive two of them house Dres and house indoril, the two most invalved thn the slave trade, were all but completly annialated , and I beleve the southern portion as well as the eastern half of the province remains under Argonian, An-Xieel controle. The odea that the AD could make a viris that affects argonians only baffles me, seeing as the only ones that I know of that have used that tactic maybe are the argonians, then i think it would be much more likely to employ this strategy and if they both tryed it there is little dought the Argonian shamans could cook up a sickness that effects the Thalmor alot faster than the Thalmor could make something that effects the renowned argonian disease immune bodyes. In the end taking both factions as they currently are any Thalmor invaion of An-xileel territory would not last long, not only due to the fact of a home feild advantage, but also that the Thalmor would highly underestimate there opponent, due to there superiority complex and thinking of the argonians as unorganized beat folk who are less then them, despite the fact that they are more then likely very well organized. In fact i not onlt see there invasion being a complet failer, I also think the An-Xileel backlash may put them in a war that could jeopardize there stance ageinst the Empier, but that is only if the An-Xieel are as orginized as I think and that is an assumption, but if I'm right, and they are well organized, as well as use all the abilities of the hist to there advantige, I could see the backlash of the An-Xieel taking the form of an invashion of elsweyr framed as the two former slave races helping on another, If I'm right i could see the An-xieel winning that war establishing Elsweyr as a buffer zone to the AD as well as making the Thalmor look like a laughing stock to the empiren as they were just defeted by lizards, but thats only if my assumptions about how the An-xieel defeted the dadra, with ligistics and stratigy, and not your of they frenzyed every one and swarmed them with every last man women and child suffering major casulties. I'm betting mine seeing as black marsh in every sorce i have read was considered lass damaged then any of the other provinces, as well as was the FIRST province to secede from the empire after the oblivion crisis. I also must say that the Thalmor masterminding the Argonian secession is only a rumor, and seeing as the An-Xieel is an argonians only i highly doubt it.