Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life)

[druid91]

the Dominion got out of (most of) the Empire, and all it took was some gold (which, since we don't hear about the Empire going bankrupt, was apparently not a crippling amount) and some political lip service. If Ulfric had just followed the game plan, the Empire would have gotten away almost scott free except for the damaged inflicted during the actual battles. Losing southern Hammerfell sucked, but the Dominion was actively occupying it and had a second army there, so dislodging them while Cyrodiil was still occupied by the Dominion would be a difficult prospect.

There's no indication the Dominion got out of most of the Empire after the Concordat, and the Empire lost an entire province which means losing a literal third of its core provinces, which at the time were Hammerfell, Skyrim, and Cyrodiil.

So the deal loses them Hammerfell outright and guarantees unrest in Skyrim, which leads to a civil war bleeding the empire of men and potentially loses them the province entirely.

The Army in Hammerfell was the only Dominion army they were capable of fielding and it was defeated by what little forces remained in Hammerfell after they were cut loose. There is no reason the Empire should have folded beyond cowardice of the ruling classes in Cyrodiil.

This is like the fourth time youve been told thats not how that works.

And it's the fourth time that statement has been wrong. Just saying "It doesn't work like that." Doesn't change that the game and lore supports the idea that the empire was bloodied but the Dominion was effectively broken and the white gold concordat was snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.