I think a dlc could be made to see effects after civil war...
SKYRIM VS ALDMERI DOMINION
Empire or stormcloak vs thalmor

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Here, a more in depth look at the idea, and proof to back up the idea of this as a DLC.

Second Great War

Throught the course of the game Skyrim is a battlefield for the Civil War. The Imperials and the Stormcloaks. Eventually one falls... but not much more happens. No great rewards, no great speech praising you. But there is many a times mentioned war with the Thalmor. Ulfric says that after the Civil War he was going to march his army and show the Aldemeri Dominion what true Mettle is. And at the end of the Imperial quest line General Tulius mentions that he thinks the soilders are going to get a very short break, because the Thalmor don't seem very happy with the Civil War.

Now, how could this play out in lore, how could the Stormcloaks, or even the Imperials wining the Civil War be wrote about in history books without taking a side? The Second Great War... thats how. Let me explane. Say the Stormcloaks won the Civil War, they go and challenge the Aldermeri Dominon, but do not have enough men, or resources to fight them off. But then a treaty is made with the Empire, allowing Skyrim to remain its own country, but only under a protecterate of the Empire. They both agree, and ally against the Aldemeri Dominon. The first Great War was a failure for the Empire, for two reasons. It took place on Tameriel Soil... and they did not have you... the Dragon Born. (Remember if you complete the Civil War questline, you have to be Dragonborn, due to it being rooted in the main questline)

So now as Dragonborn you are appointed as one of the leaders in the fighting. The Empire & the Stormcloaks send there troops to Summerset Isles. The first quest is to establish a beach head, maybe by raiding a costal city? The war Progresses, it being fought on the land of the High Elves, and the Aldermi Dominion. Eventually the war ends, the Empire wins, thanks to the hero known only as Dragonborn. A treaty is signed with the High Elves, The Aldermeri Dominion is severly punished, and weakened. The Empire lifts the ban on the worship of Talos. And then Skyrim agrees to re-join the Empire, now that the regulations are gone.

I don't think the Second Great War will be such a quick affair. It will be long and drawn out. Utter carnage will be wreaked across Tamriel, it will be the war to end all wars. Both sides will stoop to dark, powerful magics to wreak huge destruction on each other's territory. Loss of life will be astronomical. I wouldn't be wholly surprised if a Daedric Prince got involved (brought into it) at some point. I also think the Hist will play a part, sooner or later one side is going to try and use it as a weapon.

That is possible, but i would really like to participate in this war... Im tired of only reading about wars in the books.

im just sick of the aldmeri i hope we can destroind them even if it isn′t in this dlc i hope in the second!!
EDIT: i hope to that we could join them!!

I have a feeling we'll only be involved at the end of the next war. I suspect it will play some part in TES:VI - the hero has to step in and end the war. As someone mentioned, it will likely be a long and drawn out event, and I doubt we'll be involved in the whole thing.

Well... yea... but i would still like to fight in the great war with Dovahkiin. But it does give a good plot to TES:VI

Maybe working for the Hist in Black Marsh trying to prevent the AD from utilising it as a weapon ?? Could be pretty cool.


I've got a hunch the next ES game may span two provinces. Given the much greater power of the next gen consoles. Maybe even three. Would be pretty awesome, Black Marsh, Valenwood and Hammerfell. Rousing resistance to Aldmeri rule (Hammerfell was conquered a while back and Black Marsh is under invasion).

I think it may be an error to assume that the war would be lengthy.

Consider: the Thalmor suffered several reversals, not least of which was the utter destruction of the force that invaded Tamriel.
Also: the Thalmor are real genocidal fascist scum. The lands under their sway include peoples that do-not-like-them, and there are lots of displaced folks (including, if memory serves, the Redguard) who are undoubtedly itching at the chance for payback.
Besides that: I get the impression there are significant numbers of Altmer who don't agree with the absolutist, "Mer-Uber-Alles" doctrine of the filthy, evil, vile Thalmor.

The lore leads me to conclude that the Thalmor are currently over-extended, especially because they place such a current heavy emphasis on splitting skyrim and cyrodiil from each other and are so hell-bent on destroying or suppressing the worships of Mer-stomping Talos.

It would be a JOY to participate in operations against the Thalmor and cause their overthrow. There would be lots of ways to do it:
1. Support displaced Redguard factions in an insurgency to reclaim their lost territories, a-la Stormcloak insurrection.
2. Support discontented peoples across the Dominion - including Altmer - in their own insurgencies and insurrections.
3. As a member of the Dark Brotherhood and/or Thieves Guild, accept quests/missions to steal information, suborn important persons, sabotage operations, or assassinate key military and/or political figures in the Dominion. WOW, that would be FUN!

There is SOOOOOO MUCH STUFF that is amenable to DLC/Expansions, Bethesda could probably make a FORTUNE by sponsoring development teams and vetting their storylines and resultant game content (which would have to go thru some sort of SW QA, of course) in return for a major cut of the profits.
Considering how much money TES 5: Skyrim has already raked in, this could quite literally be a multi - $B business.

You DESPERATELY need to hire me, Bethesda. I AM YOUR FUTURE.

What your saying reminds me alot of WW2, both the Nazi's and the Facist Italian Governments. The Thalmor seem to have gotten to Nationalistic, just as Germany around the time of WW2. Anyone that worships Talos, is suddenly wrong, and killed or imprisoned. This being the Genocide, just as the holocaust during WW2. Grant it, now its a time of piece between the Empire and the Aldemeri Dominion. Now that the Empire is weak, i can see the Thalmor, once again acting like Germany and breaking the treaty. They will probably be the first to attack if a DLC ever exist. Im assuming they would try to attack somewhere on the coast lines. The Empire will not stand for this. Then comes the turning point. When we bring the war to the Aldermeri Dominion. First is the liberation of High Rock. High Rock would be liberated quite easily thanks to the Red Guard Rebellion that has them already weak. Then its onto taking the fight to Summerset Isles. Ships by the Hundreds pour into the seas surrounding Summerset Isles... then the real war begins.

I agree, things could move quite fast. If you remember correctly, when the U.S Finally joined in on World War 2, the War to a quick turn. Within a year and a half the Nazi's were all but defeated. Same could happen with the Thalmor. Heck, if Bethesda wanted to, they could throw the Akivari into the mix, or even the Hist weapon.

I would love a DLC that has a war with Skyrim, I however doubt that well be this one. My bet is that the next one will do that if enough people want it.

Great ideas though.

I will warn the Thalmor that they're about to be destroinded.

This right here is the kind of war I want to be in. Lots of power from every side being used to destroy the other. It leaves great questing opportunities on both sides. Of course, I will be joining the Thalmor first chance I get so probably the empire will be hiring necromancers, conjurers, mages and other sorts of debolical powers to be arrayed against the dragonborn.

I like the complete opposite of what u just said. Me participating in something like this except that I will be participating in Thalmor support factions. There have to be some out there who believe that the empire has betrayed them and so throw the lot in with the Thalmor, believing they are the true rulers of Tamriel. Would be so cool!!!

What there needs to be is a Skyrim MULTIPLAYER!!! All our characters supporting the side we believe in and killing eachother over it. I can picture myself sniping ChickenKungFu (luv u bro ) with a volley of arrows...oh or maybe backstabbing him oh ho oh.... I look forward to the future of TES!!!

(Rolling Eyes) O' you newbie's... TES is meant to be a single player RPG, not a Multi-player Combat game. Grant it, i do like your idea... but Bethesda rarley develops multiplayer games, so it probably wouldnt be that good.

Use this thread to discuss future DLC

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1376618-dawnguard-and-future-dlc-discussion-thread-32/