I'm pretty sure that Elenwen is as close to a leader as the Skyrim branch of the Thalmor have.ДЄs for why there's no information on the head-head of the Thalmor or much information at all on the organization itself.I think it's because they just don't have all that much involvement in Skyrim. What do yo guys think? Imo, the first one is the better option because having an expansion where you have to infiltrate some important city (or even the leader's huge private estate in Alinor or in Valenwood, in a similar vein to mark of the assassin in DA 2 but with more freedom to explore the immense property containing entire villages and dungeons, befitting the master of the Dominion) to assassinate (or prevent the assassination of if you are incilined that way) the Thalmor leader would be rather epic. But still not having even a figurehead is rather strange, since it makes propaganda more difficult and less useful. So they might have an Inner Circle who runs stuff in the absence of a real leader (ГЎ la 1984 with its possibly illusory Big Brother). Which contrasts with the Thalmor's real life analogies who all possessed huge amounts of leader-worship. However, if the Thalmor truly have a leader why isn't his (or her) cult of personality more prevalent? The various Thalmor say stuff about generic Mer superiority but there isn't even a hint of praise or acknowledgement of a leader. The same book mentions a possible power struggle in Alinor during the seventy years of silence. Only two Thalmor leaders are referenced, both of them being military commanders during the Great War (Naarifin (who is dead) and Lady Arannelya who led the army attacking Hammerfell). However there is zero reference to a leader in all sources (that I could find). As a crypto-fascist organization it would make a lot of sense for them to have a single, charismatic leader who is also the unquestioned ruler of the Dominion.

Skyrim kill the thalmor