Not that anyone cares but my lack of participation in this thread was caused by a bad migraine that last for what seems to be forever. I'm somewhat recovered so be patient with me.
Hmmm. Well we don't worship the Dossier silly.
As far as the Thalmor are concerned, their feelings about superiority run parallel to Nord feelings of honor.
BOTH are justifiable. However, you can't really have an Empire unless everyone can get along and acknowledge a common superiority.
I don't worship the Dossier, I admire it's purity... it follows no delusions... has no respect of person, no fear of what it is or what you and I think about it. It just is what it is... Even though I'm Imperial... now... I must admit the Dossier is an oddity. How many times do you suppose people looked over it, never even noticed it? There's certainly no mention of it anywhere else.
I'm not here to give you all the answers or to force you Raijin into thinking my way. I'm just saying it like it is. Make of it what you will.
I'll say this though, the truth usually points to itself.
Plus, if you think about it, the only people who would normally see the dossier is the Thalmor leadership in Skyrim, so why bother writing a bunch of lies?
Another thing with the Dossier is the words in which it describes the Thalmor's interests in keeping the war going.
Why would an Imperial victory be harmful to the thalmor if they are helping them, and why would a stormcloak victory simply be avoided if the stormcloak win would leave have angry with the Thalmor nords in charge?
That part is what makes no sense. The dossier also mentions "
indirect aid to the Stormcloaks must be carefully managed" Exactly what does that mean? How is the Thalmor indirectly aiding the Stormcloaks? Is their any evidence without voicing an opinion that truly backs this up? Because of all the time that I've spent playing on this game I could not find a lore or a journal that says that the Stormcloaks are indirectly being aided by the Thalmor? I can't accept the Dossier as accurate information considering the fact that theirs nothing that indicates that the Thalmor are financially support the Stormcloaks.
The incident in Helgan is not irreverent.
Elenwen: "General Tullius, stop! By the authority of the Thalmor, I'm taking custody of these prisoners."
General Tullius: By the authority of the Imperial Legion you are NOT taking custody of these prisoners.
Elenwen: "Your Emperor will hear of this. By the terms of the White-Gold Concordat, I operate with full Imperial authority!"
General Tullius: I don't give a fluff what the terms of the White-Gold Concordat says... you ain't taking these prisoners.
Elenwen: "You're making a terrible mistake!"
General Tullius: Go suck on a magical staff and come back to me when you have results.
The only way that I can accept this is if the Empire did a complete 180 in strength and power, and that the Thalmor found out from a legit source that the Empire retook back Hammerfell, and that the Thalmor are getting nervous. Is this why Tullius didn't get the men that he truly desired in Skyrim? Tullius had to heavily depend on locals to deal with the Stormcloak rebellion?
Who knows.