Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27389023-20160612112514/@comment-26896471-20161031152800

"House Hlaalu had been at odds with House Redoran for years following their removal from the Council of Great Houses." History of Raven Rock Book 2.

"A group of powerful and influential Dunmer families have been ruling Morrowind for millennia. They embody a council made up of five Great Houses: Telvanni, Dres, Indoril, Sadras, and Redoran." Lleril Morvayn. @Jauffre lol wut about Hlaalu?

Lord of Souls mentions that the An-Xileel "prevented the Empire from reclaiming Morrowind." So not only was it lost, it wasn't regained. It was invaded, totally taken over, and the Empire driven out. Imperial sympathisers in Morrowind are persecuted. There is no way, nominal or actual, that there is any semblance of Imperial rule in Morrowind.