User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-5469467-20121101051603/@comment-1967485-20121101221144

Draevan, what you seem to not realize that after the battle of the Imperial City, both the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion were weak. The only reason the Empire "surrendered" was because Titus Mede I didn't listen to his military advisors and political officials. To be more informational, he didn't listen to his allies/advisors at the start of the war (where the Thalmor gave them an ultimatum) and at the end of the war. The Imperials could of finished off the Thalmor, but Mede was a coward.