Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-80.216.195.20-20141117135527

Draevan13 wrote: I'm fairly certain TES:VI will be along the lines of:

"When the Dominion launched their second invasion of the Empire, Ulfric and [Whoever replaces Mede as Emperor] agreed to work together to halt the Dominion advance. They then realised that with the Dominion defeated, the ban of Talos worship and the Justiciars enforcing it would no longer exist, thus the Stormcloaks had no reason to rebel. To solidfy this agreement, [The new Emperor] did not oppose Ulfric becoming High King, and Skyrim remained a province of the Empire as it had for centuries."

Unless the Imperial side of the Civil War is canon, then obviously Skyrim remains a province of the Empire since Ulfric is dead. Hopefully Skyrim gains at least the same freedom as Hammerfell.