Hold up. Man settled on whose land? Redguards get a pass. Nords do not. Nords had an entire continent to themselves and the violence was so bad there some of them had to leave.
There were tribes of men
native to Tamriel. Ysgramor came to Skyrim to escape violence from Atmora, but you're leaving out the thousands who had come before who were peaceful, then they were enslaved and used as play things.
The Redguards wiped out a race of elves too.
So what did you do next? You settled on Elven land. And then what did you do? Kept taking land, outproducing the Elves and gobbling up all the resources. So the Elves removed you from their land.
The Nords built a single city, they even named the land after the elves. The Snow Elves found out the Nords had discovered something, and kept it hidden. The Falmer wanted it, so they wiped out nearly every man, woman and child.
Then the Five Hundred came and war.
Question. Elven refugees landed on Atmora. How long do you think an Elven colony would last there before the Nord prejudice and racial hate kicks in? Not very long.
If you believe the creation myths, the Nords invaded Atmora from Skyrim which was their land until they left for Atmora.
I'm trying to understand what you're saying, however in this post you're kind of all over the place.
That is rich.
The bottom line is this. Man settled on someone else's land. 'Squatters' if you will. Ok, now you've decide to leave home, that's fine but you're living under someone else's roof so you abide by their rules or you leave.
Elves or otherwise that's how it works.
Except there were tribes of men native to Tamriel. The bottom line is, don't pick a fight or enslave a species and not expect it to come back and hit you at one point.
Your Empire wasn't the worse, it accomplished some good things sure. And some of the Elves screwed up rtoo however I think man has screwed up more.
How did mankind screw up more? They're able to be peaceful with elves. It is the Mer that can't often live alongside men and beast races as equals, constantly viewing them as lesser.
The Empire's wars have done more damage and shed more blood then all the Elven wars combined. Draining Tamriel of blood and money.
The Empire's conquests brought a lot more stability, Tamriel was in chaos and fighting constantly. The Empires actions that did "more damage" and "shed more blood" actually brought peace to Tamriel and equality for men, elves and beast races for the most part.
Even when the Ayleids left Cyrodil they still hunted them down like animals.
No they didn't. They were absorbed into the elven populations of Valenwood and High Rock. Those who remained in Cyrodiil were mentors and tutors for many of the Colovian nobility.
So bring it. Even if you somehow defeat the Dominion, it matters not the Dominion will rise again, 'we' will endure same as before. Your Empire won't be as lucky, it will fragment into a million greedy little pieces and most of those will serve the Dominion in some way.
If the Empire was to fall, the Colovian Estates just pop back up. So where will these "million greedy little pieces" come from and how will they serve the Dominion?
And judging by the way things are going, I think the next great war will not end well for your side.
Then they will take as many elven bastards down with them. To die in service of the Empire and for the Emperor isn't something the Legion backs away from. Like the Third Legion in the Tiber Wars, the Tenth Legion in the Invasion of Akavir and the Eighth Legion in the Great War.
Judging by how things are going, I think the Aldmeri Dominion are going to wish they destroyed the Empire in the first war. Because their greatest benefit from the last war, is gone. The Empire is more prepared and the Legions are gathered.