User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-4883896-20121031015609/@comment-80.216.219.47-20121104173828

The long-term consequences of a free Skyrim will be a world with no more slaves and elves put in their place so that the horrible days of the Ayleids never have a chance to come anew.

The consequences of imperial victory seem too horrifying to imagine, but the end result would most probably be humans in bondage again.