Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24587225-20150902024621/@comment-26356342-20150902163519

The Thalmor don't want either side to win a clear victory, they would rather the two keep fighting eachother, thereby weakening them both and fueling the hate between the two. They want to keep them all busy and weak so they can regain some of the troops and such they lost, in order to give them the upper hand in the upcoming Second Great War. This way they're both losing lives and wasting resources.