User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-76.172.16.254-20121120131249/@comment-80.216.219.47-20121124004447

Too true, losing the Septims was a horrible setback.

With a Septim Emperor Ulfric would have no reason to do anything because, like you said the Dominion would have been dealt with thoroughly.