Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4290456-20140319121732/@comment-24075086-20140527165138

The empire doesn't give two shits about anyone unless they benefit Cyrodil in any way. It's been seen time and time again that the empire demands absolute loyalty from its provinces...and throws them aside whenever things get tough and the provinces need their loyalty repaid. The Oblivion Crisis is a prime example as they pulled all their troops back to Cyrodil and abandoned the other provinces to the tender mercies of Mehrunes Dagon's armies. This in turn drove a wedge between provinces and allowed the Thalmor to rise to power in the Summerset Isles.