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War of the Dragon Emperor
Place

Most of Western Tamriel, isolated battles and skirmishes in Morrowind and Black Marsh.

Outcome

Fourth Empire of Tamriel established, the Aldmeri Dominion and Thalmor destroyed.

Major battles
  • Desecration of High Hrothgar.
  • Battle of Storm's Wrath.
  • Liberation of Elswyr.
  • Liberation of Valenwood.
  • Siege of Summerset Isle.
Combatants
  • Coalition of Tamriel
  • The Third Empire
  • Kingdom of Skyrim
  • An-Xileel
  • Morrowind
  • Aldmeri Dominion
  • Thalmor


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Sons and daughters of Tamreil! Hear me! For too long has the Thalmor lorded themselves over us! First they brought great and terrible war upon the Empire, all but reducing the Imperial City to rubble! Then they had the GALL to demand that mighty Talos be removed from the Divines! BLASPHEMY!... but those are but the sins they committed in daylight for all to see! In shadows, they murder, they demean there own subjects. And worse of all... they used one of my own countrymen. Ulfric Stormcloak as a pawn in there malevolent schemes! YES! It was they who manipulated the war that saw so many Nords, spill each others blood, all in the name of Empire and Talos. All to weaken the Empire so that the second time they went to war, they would stand triumphant over the corpses of Men! Perhaps in time to lay others low. We're it not for the valor, and courage of the Dragonborn. We might not have ever known of there darkest secrets! Nay! We might never have known that there ambitions were to undo, ALL OF NIRN! ALL OF CREATION! My friends!... I stand before you today, not only as a preacher for Talos Stormcrown! But as the Voice of the Dragonborn, and his command is simple. RISE... rise up against the Thalmor! Rise up against the Dominion! Gather up your arms, be they knives, blades, hammers, staves! Bring every weapon that you can muster! For he calls all who can fight against this... vile parody of justice. The Dragons of old have already been mustered under his banner, if that is not the favor of Akatosh and Talos made manifest. Then I care not what might be! TO WAR! A WAR THAT SHALL NOT END, TILL THE TOWERS OF THE HIGH ELVES LIE IN SMOLDERING RUBBLE! AND THE EMPIRE IS REBORN! FOR THE NINE! FOR THE DRAGONBORN! FOR THE COALITION!
 
— Heimskr the Humbled.

The War of the Dragon Emperor, also known as The Second Great War, The Humbling of the High Elves, The Phoenix War, The War of Retribution, The Thalmor War and to the the Dragons in particular as Kein Fah Fin Dovakiin and Qahnaar Do Fin Pahlok. Was a long, and harrowing conflict between the Aldmeri Dominion, and the Coalition of Tamriel, a loose alliance of the various political factions of Tamriel. To end the influence of the High Elves, and the Thalmor in particular.

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