Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-109.92.245.62-20131121212935/@comment-24779750-20140407145129

After reading all this I'm starting to wonder if Ulfric ended up not really caring about the Thalmor, just about Skyrim's independence and ability to worship Talos.

In the end, it didn't really matter what side the Dragonborn chose in the Civil War, as it mentioned in the Dossier. The Thalmor don't want either the Empire or Stormcloaks to win, as you'll either have an entire nation waiting on the order of the Emperor to go back to war, or an independent nation preparing itself for it's own war with the Dominion. Either way, the Thalmor are going to get stung. Also taking into consideration the fact that the Legion/Stormcloaks would have a nigh-unstoppable Dragonborn on there side. Just saying.