Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27007772-20140611204941/@comment-121511-20150416151835

Ottoman Hold wrote: Getting back on topic, I agree with the bomb analogy. Tamriel is obviously on the brink of war, and so I think that everyone will annihilate each other without a second thought, then regret their actions when The Dominion takes complete control, kind of what's happening in Skyrim now with The Civil War.

It's more or less what the Dominion has been working toward: divide et impera, divide and conquer. The stipulations of the White-Gold Concordat were aimed squarely at the Empire's ability to recover in time for the Second Great War, causing Hammerfell to secede and Skyrim to fall into Civil War. The only party that benefits from an independent Skyrim is the Aldmeri Dominion, and by the end of the War, regardless of the outcome, the Dominion is in a decidedly stronger position.