Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24587225-20150902024621/@comment-462513-20160420012251

And an empire that relies on a mercenary army is better? Skyrim has always been acknowledged as the strong fighting arm of the Empire based out of Cyrodil. Now they're being led by a proven warrior and strategist that has shown himself in war to be a leader of men.

Ulfric had no intention of leading a war against the Imperials if it wasn't neccessary, and I highly doubt the current Emperor(or his replacement after assassination) would desire or even care about keeping a war going in Skyrim with the looming threat of the Dominion.