Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-26893431-20161031151013

Terawolf119 wrote: The Empire will defend skyrim, independant or not, becuase at this point the freindly treaty and Talos band are finnished, and skyrim really isn't weakend instead it's recovoring from past events, but still needs help, a nd Ulfric is smart enough to allow empire support. Mate, the Empire won't support Skyrim when it's on its own. Skyrim just kicked out a brilliant General, killed off many Imperial soldiers and made the Empire waste resources. The Empire isn't ready for the Second Great War yet, they won't back Skyrim at all.

Skyrim is weakened and won't be recovering and the Empire won't support an independent Skyrim.