The Rise of the Dominion and the Great War. : V - Skyrim

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:44 pm

Yeah I have, though I was surprised to learn it came in 4 volumes instead of the three I thought it did before this thread...Or maybe i'm crazy and just missed it! It's pretty interesting to learn the Thalmor had been plotting and trying to bring about the downfall of the Empire so much sooner than I had originally thought, all of their scheming is pretty jawdropping.

There have been anti-imperial factions in Summurset all along, I believe. Resentment from Tiber subduing the isles. They just haven't been able to do anything much about it (other than expansionism into Valenwood) until the Oblivion crisis, the end of the Septim dynasty and imperial decline. Empires don't just fall from outside pressure, but from within.