Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25020300-20150307090651/@comment-25020300-20150407022548

EVENT- Skyrim, Hammerfell, High Rock rebel, and Beklemmendian forces have found victory in many campaigns against the Empire, but this comes to a sudden halt. The forces of the Aldmeri Dominion attack Hammerfell from the south with no provocation, and easily establish a beachhead with the majority of Hammerfell troops in the north. An unprecedentedly large force of Thalmor occupy the southern cities, one which outnumbers Hammerfell troops 2-1, along with the fact of them being better equipped and having had months of preparation. Hammerfell is split in half by their forces before the Hammerfell military can turn around and defend themselves, but the odds are most certainly not in their favor. The Thalmor have already taken to establishing a puppet state in occupied Hammerfell, under the leadership of an Alik'r former mercenary captain. As the news of the shift reaches the battlefield, the forces of Skyrim, High Rock, and the Empire are held in an unspoken and uneasy cease-fire.

War with the Empire has caused the position and allegiance of certain cities to become ambiguous, making it easy for one nation or another to stake a claim on it. Beklemmend's influence has grown to the point where any such city can be claimed and that claim respected. You may now absorb another city.

Issue 31: Stormcloaks, Imperials, High Rock rebels, and of course Hammerfell soldiers have essentially agreed to an unspoken cease-fire so as not to further weaken Hammerfell against the Thalmor. People and soldiers within your country are wondering if you too will honor this temporary peace.

-"Absolutely not," Says a general and government hardliner, "The Empire has forts and camps that are in need of taking! Our intelligence officers work hard to get us this information, and you want to give it up just because they're stupid enough to try to keep the peace? The Empire is poison, I tell ya, and if we stop now, it'll surely spread our way."

-"Are you even listening to yourself speak?!" Says a Breton minister of yours, "You're suggesting we divert all our resources away from a potential southern front with the Thalmor just to strain more bad blood with the Empire? Do you realize how not only tactically stupid that is, but that it will turn us into an international pariah by breaking our one chance at potential unity and peace?! We need to uphold this peace, nay, make it official with our allies and enemies, if we plan to survive the coming storm."