Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27007772-20140611204941/@comment-24075086-20150508033626

The empire has betrayed its provinces time and time again, its word is about as legitimate as a fart as it stands. Allowing it to win would cut off any support from Morrowind and Hammerfell as both nations still remember their fresh betrayal they suffered at the lying backstabbing ways of the empire.

A lot of imperials point to Tullius and say "we're getting prepared" but the thing is: Tullius is the peon of the ruling elite of Cyrodil. The empire's ruling power is corrupt, unstable, and a good chunk of them are being paid off by/working for the Thalmor. It doesn't matter what the military generals think or do, they're not the ones calling the shots. It's far better to have separate nations recover at 100% efficiency rather than an empire recover at only 10%.