How about orcs?

I know, I mentioned that.

But the battle-cats are like the Oliphants from LotR: Unless you have Legolas on your side, they're gonna tear you up. And since the Bosmer are too short, and the Altmer wouldn't be caught dead climbing anything in their NEW robes, the battle-cats will do some damage.

Not to mention, it sounds like Thunder Cats.

Mai'q: BATTLE!
Mai'q: BATTLE!
Maiq: BATTLE-CATS! HOOOOOO!!!!!

Edit: @Darky0: The orcs would get ripped apart. They're too scattered to unite and fight properly, despite being very strong individual fighters.

Maybe if they weren't scattered strongholds and were one united force they could do a lot of damage, but they're population is too low for any real domination.

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wait wait i change my vote i choose maiq he alone will conquer the empire and thalmor and rule all of tamriel

Unless I missed a spoiler, Elsweyr is independent and not affiliated with the Thalmor.

As to the topic, I don't know I could decide based on just a typical wide open arena battle. It's more complicated than that. Some of the nations/provinces probably are better at defending for example. I couldn't see Elsweyr wanting to invade other areas for example, but the sheer variety of Khajiit types and abilities would make invading very difficult.

Ah yes, I remember reading a book about how the Legion army was absolutely pulverized by Khajiits mounted on these battle cats.

There should be a game in either Elsweyr or Black Marsh imo, they're both extremely interesting provinces.

Who voted for the hobbits?!?

Imperials already won that battle. As to whether they can do it again, remains to be seen.

Nope, they joined the Thalmor, it's stated in "The Great War" book.
You see, the Thalmor tricked them into doing it, and it worked.



"In 4E 98, the two moons, Masser and Secunda vanished. Within most of the Empire, this was viewed with trepidation and fear. In Elsweyr it was far worse. Culturally the moons are much more influential to the Khajiit. After two years of the Void Nights, the moons returned. The Thalmor announced that they had restored the moons using previously unknown Dawn Magicks, but it is unclear if they truly restored the moons or just took advantage of foreknowledge that they would return.

Regardless of the truth of the matter, the Khajiit credited the Thalmor as their saviors. Within fifteen years, Imperial influence in Elsweyr had so diminished that the Empire was unable to respond effectively to the coup of 4E 115 which dissolved the Elsweyr Confederacy and recreated the ancient kingdoms of Anequina and Pelletine as client states of the Aldmeri Dominion. Once more the Empire failed to stop the advance of Thamor [sic] power."

keep em coming great points from every 1

Well drat. That still doesn't mess with my character's backstory thankfully though, since he's from Rimmen and that was independent before then... unless that changed since Lord of Souls as well.

That's perplexing to me. I thought the Aldmeri Dominion wants to pretty much wipe out everyone else that isn't an Altmer, if the pre-Skyrim lore was any indication. Perhaps I misunderstand and they just have a vendetta against the human races. I'm only part way into any major quest lines though so I'll probably find out more as I play.

If we're talking strictly from a power-gamey number-crunching perspective, Orcs would win. They'd all power-level Smithing and Enchant, be decked out in fully enchanted Dragon armor and kill everything with their double-damage-dealing Rage.

The Khajiit were, once upon a time, elves.

They were Bosmer, who were turned into cat people by Azura.

So maybe the Thalmor still view them as elves, somehow.

Can you imagine how boring ES would be without Mer or Beast?

I just hope the writers aren't gearing up for some lame 'age of man' in terms of story.

Ugh...

Imperials, even if they don't have the skill of the Redguard,power of a orc, they are well disciplined and a well working army.
They know wat's teamwork. and teamwork is key to succes in war.

some note's on race's

Argonians: they only could capture Morrowind becouse of the destruction of Vardenfell, wich probebly held around half of the Dunmer force(even more possibly)
and why it's is impossible to capture Black Marsh by force?? It's one big swamp there, no race except the Argonians can properly fight in a Marsh.

Orcs: don't understand why it gets so many vote's. Thier numbers are too small to be even considered a grave threat.

The Altmer:the altmer are ,after the Empire, the best fighting force. maybe not in pure swordsmanship but they bring in magic to compensate it. but thier Aroggance can stand in the way.

Redguard: Just to be clear, they survived and fought off the Altmer, with some help of Imperial "Invalids". but i agree with that redguards are a real force to be reckoned with.

REDGUARDS

Tiber Septim himself failed to do so. COUNTLESS times.
Even Mehrunes Dagon failed.

How about a Republic in the place of an Empire (including all of the member races rather than an age of man), or would that be even more boring? A Republic would get rid of so much tension it probably would be boring compared to the current TES stories I confess. Granted that would put politics on the forefront even more so.

becouse they were figting in a marsh, no human army can fight normally when thier feet can be bitten off by killer fish, and Argonians literally raising out of the water to chop em in pieces.
i would imagine that its the same case with the Deadra. they aren't godlike creature's(not counting the Deadra lords ofcourse)

That would actually be rather interesting. Having a republic, but consisting of all the member races. it would help to keep it varied, and possibly lead to some very interesting stories as everyone tries to just....get along.