User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5229167-20120707030212/@comment-5229167-20120708082422

A victory of what? They thalmor are still there if you pay attention to what people say in the game. They kicked them out of a few cities. The thalmor are still not "defeated". Did you skip War 101 in school or something? Winning a battle isn't winning a war, and just because hammerfell can do it with their seasoned warriors doesn't mean a rag-tag poorly equipped gang of backwater retards can. When they sever ties with the empire, they lose a great deal of trade, and in case you don't realise, this isn't a good thing. Who else do you think would trade with them? The other races of Tamriel they've alienated?