User blog comment:Harold Burned-Mane/My Theories on what will happen in The Elder Scrolls VI/@comment-70.199.192.225-20161212060814

Assuming the Stormcloaks won in Skyrim, the Dominion would crush the Stormcloaks. But if the Empire took Skyrim, they would have a fighting chance against the Dominion. The Stormcloaks might even join sides with the Empire to fight the Elves. So both ways the Stormcloaks are gone.