User blog comment:Fimmion/Why Skyrim was rigged from the start/@comment-4984498-20120701143041/@comment-5250995-20120703053008

U make it seem as if the Thalmor are the only ones fighing(when they took over the government they gained control over all the prexisting armies in alinor and valenwood was submited into control, i agree that maybe they would try a rejoining of the empire. As i said the thalmor aren't the only army, so when i said a dragged out war i just meant a brutal and relentless five year war. As for black marsh i was just suggsting the fact on y (as far as we know) the empire didn't even attempt an alliance. Plus the argonians seceded because a new government had formed within black marsh during the oblivion crisis and unified and reformed black marsh as a strong and independent nation, it wasn't just a suprise attack. Finnaly nearly all of northern morrowind was transformed into an inhospitable ash wasteland, so the dunmer were fleeing they were not trying to retake the recently conquered southern morrowind.