Salrite posted...
I wish there was an option for a mutual understanding and unification because either side winning doesn't seem to be a positive outcome. But if I had to choose, I feel like the Imperials would have the resources and direction to get something done if they just got their shit together.
Muscles posted...
I feel like one of the options in the civil war quest should be to show off your dragonborn powers to both sides at the meeting and get them both to agree to following you to take out the thalmor. I'm pretty sure a late game dragonborn can single handedly take out their whole army.
Interestingly enough, this is sort of touched upon in the quest Season Unending, although it only appears under certain conditions so I think most players are unaware, I've yet to play it through myself but may try on my next play through (spoilers on the link below obviously):
https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Season_Unending
If the player gets to the part of the main story where they need to capture a dragon at Dragonsreach in Whiterun, but you haven't gotten far enough in the Civil War the Jarl will refuse and the Greybeards effectively setup Peace Talks between both sides, just so that the Dragonborn can carry out his plan, and stop Alduin, etc.
It might have been nice if this could have been expanded slightly, perhaps into a third ending. A bit like the Minute Men ending in Fallout 4. Although the list amount of cut content for Skyrim is as long as your arm so who knows what might have been if the developers had been given more time to finish off things which were left half done/cut.