User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-8235119-20130902183532/@comment-9062114-20130902184911

By the end of the war most of the Stormcloaks were wiped out, all of their territories gone and supporting Jarls replaced. There was not much they could do. Also, Legate Rikke even says their are some Stormcloaks who are still going to live in the mountains and fight for the cause.