User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-4534710-20111221150802/@comment-4697819-20111221214435

Leaving Hammerfell was to ensure peace. Hammerfell wanted to continue the fight and payed the price for it. I don't see much damage from the Great War in Skyrim. If the Great War continued there is a chance Skyrim would be just as scared as Hammerfell.