Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20161103125247/@comment-993964-20161212144722

Shigeru Thalmor Slayer wrote: Terawolf119 wrote: /\ it's harder to do what you say with Dominion spies and Imperials, if the stormcloaks win you have more influence then ever, as well as a rebellion to back you up, and with the Dominoin kicked out, there is nothing to stop you, Ulfric won't have a problem if you round up the guilds, if anything he'll help you, becuase if there is anything he knows its the more the better.

If the Stormcloaks win, The Dominion will immediately invade Skyrim, since the Nords stand for everything the Aldmeri Dominion does not, they pretty much have a target on their backs. The Empire will be even more weak after lose the civil war, so they are in no way set to refuse the Dominion invasion to Skyrim. How do the Stormcloaks by themselves, untrained civilians and all, defend Skyrim from the Dominion Forces, which include Summerset Isle, Valenwood, and Elsweyr? An Independent Skyrim has no allies, 2 major borders with Thalmor already stationed there, just fought a civil war with its entire force, and Ulfric himself stated they could not defend against an invasion from the Empire. Can Skyrim fight 2 fronts? Especially after losing men in a civil war? Especially when most of its army consists of civilians and such who have no military or combat training? If the Dominion wanted to invade Skyrim, they have all the pretext they need with the reformation of the Blades which is in violation of the terms of the White-Gold Convordat and happens regardless of Imperial victory. Apparently, they fear Ulfric and these "untrained civilians" so much that a complete Stormcloak victory runs counter to their overall goals in Ulfric's Thalmor Dossier. Anyone who's a threat to the Thalmor has a Dossier; Esbern and Delphine has one, but Tullius doesn't which is telling. And it's not like there aren't plans to make allies after the war as Ulfric states:

Now that we've defeated the Imperials, will there be peace? "There will be peace for a time, during which we must rebuild Skyrim into the land it once was. Strong. Self-reliant. The center of mankind. Because getting rid of the Empire was only half the problem. Soon, the elves will again seek to rule the world. We must ready ourselves to fight them. For it will be Skyrim that shall lead Tamriel in those dark days, when the fate of the world is finally determined."

Ulfric thinks that Skryim and the Stormcloaks are better suited to rally the other human kingdoms and he's not wrong, the Empire is diminished, is said to be under civil strife, and alienated Hammerfell.