The capture of the Imperial City itself and the complete overthrow of the Empire thus became their primary objective over the next two years. However, the surprising initial success of Lord Naarifin's attack led the Thalmor to believe that the Empire was weaker than they had thought. The greatly outnumbered Imperial legions retreated across the Alik'r Desert in the now-famous March of Thirst. The disunited Redguard forces offered only scattered resistance to the invaders, and much of the southern coastline was quickly overrun. Smaller Aldmeri forces landed along the southern coastline of Hammerfell. Īt the same time, an Aldmeri army under Lady Arannelya crossed into western Cyrodiil from Valenwood, bypassing Anvil and Kvatch and crossing into Hammerfell. Leyawiin soon fell to the invaders, while Bravil was cut off and besieged.
A strong force commanded by the Thalmor general Lord Naarifin attacked Cyrodiil from the south, marching out of hidden camps in northern Elsweyr and flanking the Imperial defenses along the Valenwood border. Within days, Aldmeri armies invaded Hammerfell and Cyrodiil simultaneously. So began the Great War, which would consume the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion for the next five years. The Thalmor ambassador upended the cart, spilling over a hundred heads on the floor – every Blades agent in Summerset and Valenwood had been executed. Despite the warnings of his generals of the Empire's military weakness, Emperor Titus Mede II rejected the ultimatum. The long list of demands included staggering tributes, disbandment of the Blades, outlawing the worship of Talos, and ceding large sections of Hammerfell to the Dominion. On the 30th of Frostfall, 4E 171, the Aldmeri Dominion sent an ambassador to the Imperial City with a gift in a covered cart and an ultimatum for the new Emperor. Emperor Titus Mede II had only a few short years to consolidate his rule before his leadership was put to the ultimate test. Only High Rock, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim remained prosperous and peaceful. Hammerfell was plagued by infighting between Crowns and Forebears. Morrowind had never recovered fully from the eruption of Red Mountain. Black Marsh had been lost to Imperial rule since the aftermath of the Oblivion Crisis.
Valenwood and Elsweyr were gone, ceded to the Thalmor. The glory days of the Septims were a distant memory. In 4E 168, Titus Mede II ascended to the throne and inherited a weakened empire. The Thalmor, the main instigators of the Great War. Between 4E 175 and 4E 180, an independent Hammerfell fought the remainder of the Dominion Army alone, before signing the Second Treaty of Stros M'kai. However, Hammerfell refused the conditions of the treaty, and as a result, it was renounced from the Empire. The conflict was initially fought between the invading Dominion Army and Imperial Legion in Cyrodiil and Hammerfell, before ending in 4E 175 when the White-Gold Concordat was enacted. The Thalmor call it " The First War Against the Empire." The Great War ( 4E 171– 4E 175) was the name given to the large-scale armed conflict between the Third Aldmeri Dominion and the Tamrielic Empire during the Fourth Era. And so began the Great War which would consume the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion for the next five years." ― Legate Justianus Quintius The Thalmor ambassador upended the cart, spilling over a hundred heads on the floor: every blades agent in Summerset and Valenwood. "Despite the warnings of his generals of the Empire's military weakness, Emperor Titus Mede II rejected the ultimatum.
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