thatwudbryan
yet another skyrim enthusiast
Tullius' "boys" are Auxiliaries who are locally recruited from Skyrim's local population, they aren't highly trained, so they're basically on par with the Stormcloaks. He isn't getting much outside reinforcements and resources, he also had Ulfric in a cart on the way to lose his head. The reason the Imperials are having trouble dealing with the Civil War is because the Thalmor themselves are providing indirect aid and keeping Ulfric Stormcloak alive. If anything since Ulfric is having trouble dealing with poorly trained and low equipped Auxiliary Legions, how would he defeat the highly trained armies of the Aldmeri Dominion? They are one of the only forces on Nirn that have been able to wipe out entire Legions.
I also wouldn't say they're having too much trouble, I see Stormcloak prisoners along the roads quite often.
The true Legionnaires are all within Cyrodiil's borders, the Civil War in Skyrim is but a little side show before the main event against the Thalmor resumes. The Empire didn't get a beat down last time, they won but were unable to keep fighting. They wiped out every single Aldmeri within Cyrodiil, the Thalmor General was kept hanging alive for thirty three days off the White-Gold Tower.
During the Great War the Empire was doing quite well, they had lost the Imperial City and were offered peace but rejected it and won the battle. It was just the Empire couldn't take the war beyond it's own borders, their intelligence force had been wiped out and they were effectively blind to all outside Cyrodiil. To defeat the Aldmeri Dominion you need to cut off it's head, which is Summerset Isles.
I wouldn't want Ulfric leading a charge against anything, he cares for songs and personal glory, not how many die to obtain it. The more Nords that die in the 'charge' the better the song no doubt.
Damn, seems the defense of the Empire has gotten stronger in this thread ... However, the Empire had their shot at taking down the Thalmor and failed. Not only failed but played into their hands perfectly by signing the WGC, which, I would assume, was a clever plot to enrage some of the devout Talos worshippers (natives of Skyrim/Nords/SC's) hopefully causing waves amongst the people and it did exactly that. All the problems brought to Skyrim were due to the affairs of the A.D. and the Empire. I for one can't argue against the people of which the land that these two 'respected' parties have come in and basically tried to regulate and control, are standing up for whats theirs and bringing the fight to both the A.D. and the mighty Empire. Do I agree thats the best option to taking down the Thalmor? No. Do I think its a more just cause than the Imperials and their grand city and fat bellies? Yes. Maybe in Oblivion the Empire was where its at but not in Skyrim.