I'm pretty sure it will work with the Imperial ending as well. A weakened Skyrim in a war against the Thalmor, it would mean the start of the second great war and it would be a good way to force a singular ending on the two story lines.

there will be no war,
the thalmor have already won

Um... No. Just, no.

First, a sea invasion would be completely impractical. The Thalmor would have to sail around Hammerfell and High Rock to reach Skyrim. They'd have to sail not just their army, but also enough supplies to maintain it in a foreign land. The logistics of that kind of an invasion would be rather prohibitive. Second, you seem to be working under the assumption that the Stormcloaks win. Skyrim is not the Empire's enemy. Skyrim is a province in rebellion. So for such a DLC to work at all, it'd have to be a completely separate entity taking place after the entire game. That's another thing I don't want. Third, the Empire may have had to make some concessions in the WGC, but there is no way in hell they'd allow a Thalmor army to march freely through their territory for any reason.

While I agree a sea invasion would have problems the logistic side isn't as bad as you think, in the kinds of wars you would see on earth during times relatively the same as in Skyrim armies used to live of the land they conquered. It would make sense for the same to be true in Tamriel, thus resources wouldn't be that big of a problem. Getting your troops there would still be difficult.

Thats a LIE!

I don't think the Dominion would have the strength or supplies to make it to skyrim to invade, plus they have no idea how to navigate the treacherous waters of northern skyrim nor do the soldiers have any training to fend off the winters Skyrim has, it would nearly be a failed operation if the Thalmor invaded skyrim if either sides won.


Er, hate to break this to you but so far the stormcloaks are really the only nord army in lore that wears only light armor, a ton of the armies of old had troops decked out in full clad armor, even before the empire was started.

In fact during the 5 year war when the Khajiit hired nord generals to teach them how to better fight the bosmer the generals were so use to using heavy armor that they suggested the Khajiit wear it in every battle.

The thalmor don't have an army any where near skyrim, and they'd have to march through cyrodiil to get there first. I doubt, even with the treaty, that Titus would allow that.

True, agree with that.


Hmm, but could it be interesting for bethesda to..scrap the empire totally?
On second thoughts, the idea's rather radical.

I'd actually like to see the canon ending for Skyrim see the Thalmor advancing their goals. For TES VI, I'd like to see the Thalmor continue their role as background bad guys. Perhaps a bit more of a looming threat than they were in Skyrim, but still not the primary threat, as they continue their work to weaken and break up the Empire. Then in TES VII (or later), I'd like to see the Thalmor on the cusp of achieving total victory. Of course, the plot of that game would be the overthrow of the Thalmor and preventing them from unmaking the world.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Nord, http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Nord
hmmmm, right....
What is next? Imperials and speech?

titus is dead, and the thalmor probably have teleportation spells, just like the psygic order
thalmor well win the war, and kill those annoying nords
thalmor FTW!!!!!!

Love it. I would cry if they cram the Thalmor plot into a DLC or use Summerset Isles/Alinor as some expansion setting. It deserves so much more and as tech gets better imagine how beautiful it will all look in a few years time.
I do not want generic "high elf" stuff but the TES Altmer lore that is known represented visually as best as possible.
I'd like to see Summerset restored to its former glory without being led by the Thalmor. When I read the Rising Threat book I was really angry reading about the Tower.