Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-26893431-20161030111718

Sports72Xtrm wrote:

The full quote is "The incident at Helgen is an example where an exception had to be made - obviously Ulfric's death would have dramatically increased the chance of an Imperial victory and thus harmed our overall position in Skyrim."

The "The incident at Helgen" is the subject, specifically, Ulfric's scheduled execution. Ulfric's death at Helgen would decisively ruin any chance of a Skyrim civil War, which is what they mean by harming their overall position in Skyrim. Since the civil war occurs anyways, their overall position in Skyrim is already secured. If the Empire wins, they get their excuse to stay in Skyrim and influence its politics, if the Stormcloaks win, then the Empire loses a province. Mate, can you read? It says thus after an Imperial victory, aka, it's the Imperial victory that causes it. The Skyrim Civil War was already ongoing, Ulfric's death wouldn't stop it. No, their whole excuse to be in Skyrim is there's a rebellion fighting for Talos worship hence why when the Imperial win, most Justiciars will have to leave. If the Stormcloaks win, the Thalmor won't leave.