User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A question of morality/@comment-5012992-20121212230405

I just thought of something I think the dominion wants a independent skyrim not to take skyrim but to attack cyrodil. If skyrim leaves the empire the only help the empire could get would be from high rock witch soilders would have to move through skyrim or hammerfall. This would make it hard for cyrodil to get supplies from anywhere really leaving it at a disadvantage in a conflict.