The Dominion's power then expanded throughout portions of the Empire under the guise of enforcing the Concordat, particularly the ban on Talos worship in Skyrim. The Dominion fought the Great War against the Empire after a declaration of war in 4E 176, which ultimately ended in the White-Gold Concordat, with terms beneficial to the Dominion. The Aldmeri Dominion first expanded into Elsweyr, adding the Khajiiti kingdoms of Anequina and Pelletine as its client states, dissolving Elsweyr Confederacy.
įollowing the consolidation of Valenwood and the Summerset Isles into the Third Aldmeri Dominion, the Dominion began a policy of expanding Aldmeri influence and power across Tamriel at the expense of the Third Empire of Cyrodiil.
Seeking to recreate the First Aldmeri Dominion, the Thalmor expanded their empire into the provinces of Valenwood, Elsweyr, and briefly into Cyrodiil and Hammerfell during the Great War. The Third Aldmeri Dominion, colloquially known as the Aldmeri Dominion or the Thalmor, is a powerful union established in 4E 29 by the Thalmor, a group of radical Altmer supremacists in the Summerset Isles who advocated for the supremacy of the various races of Mer over Men, and a new Merethic Era. 'Don't you see?! Elven supremacy is the only truth!' ― Thalmor Justiciar
