User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-1600847-20121031011532/@comment-5135631-20121031134511

I think the Dominion wouldn&apos;t be able to take a unified Skyrim; they couldn&apos;t take Hammerfell by itself, could they? The Empire would conduct Skyrim&apos;s armies if it it remained in the Empire, and the Medes would sell them out as they always do. And he cared what would would think of the Dragonborn, not necessarily himself.