User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-4635833-20111215032820/@comment-3062372-20111215235426

If your dragonborn sides with the stormcloaks they can beat the thalmor. If you side with the imperials, theyll beat the thalmor. So essentially, as long as the dragonborn fights the thalmor, they will lose.