User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Dawnguard Conclusion/@comment-17114085-20140511164121/@comment-9062114-20140522153307

Stronghold!? Like, a small refugee camp, that isn't an Empire, not even close at all, if Ysgramor truly didn't conquer all the land why didn't they form another KINGDOM? The fact that they needed they made a Stronghold or settlement as opposed to that could only show that Ysgramor has control of Skyrim. Since they were unable to get that big at all.

Maybe aliens from Secunda did it, since we don't know how those cities came into existance, and since you can't disprove that, it must be true!

That is completely irrelevant, what does that have to do with what we are talking about?

Exactly, she would be surprised that Cyrodiil is now the seat of an Empire, possibly the one from the EP, she might not have known it's from Cyrodiil though, again, not everyone is aware of this. How she said it and what it could mean is personal interpretation, not fact, I know I sound like Drae saying that, but it's the truth.