User blog comment:VaughanTES/The Second Great War?!/@comment-5558140-20121013071001/@comment-98.207.172.164-20140131032449

The empire kind of had to decide between being destroyed, of losing Hammerfel, so they didn't really have a choice.

also, TES 6 could be about bringing the Empire back after the Great war is over (I want the Empire, but the odds are NOT in their favor at all) you could be fighting to take back Cyroldil maybe...