I know there were tons of threads on this but my character will probably consider doing the Civil War. Which side should she take, considering:

-She helped the Blades before she went to Skyrim.

-She hates the Thalmor and wants to eradicate them all.

-She is a Breton and is the last remaining member of a once-known noble family.

-She wants to go back to High Rock one day and rebuild her family.

-She has Imperial blood as well as Breton blood, from her ancestors.

?

Thank you

In all honesty, points above don't weight too much towards either in my opinion. Though if you plan to do some Thalmor hunting Stormcloaks might be more suitable, Imperials maybe dislike them as much as Nords do but they have to keep their mouths shut and smile. That, of course, doesn't mean you couldn't be part of some rogue unit that hunts Aldmeri agents undercover or something.

Wouldn't the Thalmor be stronger if Lauren goes with the Stormcloaks? And if so, will the Thalmor make it more difficult for a once-defunct noble family to rise again?

Well, let's leave the "which party would be stronger against the Dominion" for another topic, but 2nd thing is a bit tricky. I think it would be ok as long as she wouldn't openly slaughter their members, then they'd surely give her trouble. They did found out about our character pretty soon after delving into the main quest, tracking down nobility would probably be even easier.

That's the thing - she killed Ondolmar in full view in Markath and she will not stop until all major Thalmor members in Skyrim are dead. So it will be more difficult for her to re-establish a noble family.

One of the Imperials at the end said that the Thalmor wanted a Stormcloak victory.

Oh, damn. Yeah, ok, her name is probably way out there then. Killing all the important Thalmor faces on her own will be one heck of a mission now, she'd either have to take up a cover identity and do things really slowly and silently from now on, or organize a group of like-minded people to aid her (these are all RP suggestions and brainstorming, I'm aware that you can't do a lot of that stuff properly in actual game ).

Also, if her name is that known, re-establishing the family likely won't go unnoticed. She's the last remaining member, re-establishing a family basically means getting married and giving birth to several heirs. That also means having to choose a spot, settling down, and being there for prolonged period of time. There's nothing that would stop the Thalmor from sending a couple of mage agents that would just blow up the house. So maybe using that mentioned cover identity and stashing enormous amounts of riches to be used for protection and whatnot before starting the re-establishing, or something. Going that path, if she doesn't already emotionally connect to either side, it might be smarter to go with Imperials. Getting her name out there, increasing in ranks and all that jazz probably ensures better protection and more money than joining the Stormcloaks.

Yeah, because general thought is that Stormcloaks can't muster up the power against Dominion that Imperials can, though in my own opinion, no matter who wins, Imperials legion already fought with fraction of their power, and that fraction was broken further down in the civil war, so I don't find them to be any more capable of fighting them than Stormcloaks. There's also that Dark Brotherhood related thing, if it's going to be canon, that slows Imperials even more. From strategic point, there is no reason why Dominion wouldn't strike Cyrodiil and Skyrim right after events of TES V, neither would stand a chance.

Lol I got slightly carried away, sorry.

Thank you - I think she will join the Imperials

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Sounds like a Legion type to me!

Agreed

Also my main character is a Breton as well and while I take issue with the Legion, I view it as what benefits the most people and my own home the most. So I say side with the Imperials, it seems reasonable to imagine assisting them against the Thalmor will help gain assistance in re-establishing your characters family in High Rock.