User blog comment:IGotsAName/Empire vs Stormcloaks... Gray & Grey Morality? Really?/@comment-4929781-20120405030155/@comment-71.218.234.142-20120405195817

Th thalmor ALMOST won the great war, when the empire consisted of cyrodiil, skyrim, high rock, and hammerfell. With two provinces gone, the thalmor could crush the remaining empire, then turn to hammerfell and skyrim.