User blog comment:Fimmion/Why Skyrim was rigged from the start/@comment-4984498-20120701143041/@comment-5250995-20120701192519

Ah but here u forget y Hammerfell left the empire( or really was abandoned). When the Thalmor said we want Hammerfell to the empire they gave it up without protest and after five long years of fighting off the Thalmor, Hammerfell had reppelled the Thalmor and forced them to give up, which showed that with the combined forces of all the empire they could have reppelled and maybe even defeated the Thalmor. Plus they didn't even try to make an alliance with Argonian State who was stronger than ever.