User blog comment:Emperor Maximus/On the Civil War/@comment-1738746-20150408002407/@comment-1600847-20150420151832

30 years since the war ended, according to the loading screens, Torygg wasn't even born when it ended. That means that Ulfric sat around for about 30 years too.

Torygg only a crown to signify his rank, actually, and Ulfric's Jarls are also pretty "blinged up".

Torygg was abiding by the terms of the Concordat, yes. If they don't, it'll mean war with the Dominion again. The Empire is waiting for the right moment. As I said, it doesn't mean you don't care.

It's like when the British broke the German Enigma code during WW2, but let them sink ships and bomb cities despite knowing the attacks were coming: if they'd prevented every single attack, the Nazis would know the code was broken, they would have changed it, the Allies would have lost their advantage and the war would've gone on for years longer than it did.

But don't think the Allies didn't care for the thousands of people who died because they needed to stay focused on the big picture.