Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20160719191042/@comment-1600847-20161031152344

Blademaster Jauffre wrote: What case would give the Empire profit from going to war to Morrowind when they don't even use proper force to take down the rebellion? "Just in case" they need to attack Morrowind could be any number of scenarios, however unlikely. It could also be that individual soldier's manner of speaking.

But so far it's looking more and more like Morrowind is an independent province, or still technically a part but in name only but no one bothered to formalize anything.