Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3539474-20130916204449

Harold Burned-Mane wrote: As soon as the stormcloaks liberate Skyrim all the Thalmor agents would be in enemy territory, if any of them are found out they will die. Embassy will fall aswell, when the Skyrim becomes independent. Even if the AD somehow find a way to make it to Skyrim the nords know the terrain better then the elves do, and they use guerilla warefare (which is very usefull in defence). Plus Stormcloaks have better gear, as they now posses the Skyforge.

The Stormcloaks are pretty much screwed without the Dragonborn since the Thalmor can easily cross Cyrodiil to get to them. They have magical advantage & alliance with the Bosmers/cats plus the WGC.

Remove the in-game elements and add real-life logic. If the Thalmor try and attack Skyrim, they leave themselves open to being flanked by the Empire. If you allied with the Legion, the Thalmor may very well not have the forces to charge on Skyrim, which would explain why they don't want either side winning the civil war.