Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-198.208.251.22-20170213025235/@comment-2602:306:C598:1CC0:DD75:6E3A:5C11:152B-20170704160158

Perhaps Jyggalag learned from his mistake of dominating Oblivion and flaunting too much power, and told the Thalmor to make a few mistakes here and there, appearing to be of equal power to the Empire but still allowing room for victory in order to cause the events of Skyrim to happen. The Stormcloak rebellion causes a war with Empire that forces them to use even more resources and man power while Thalmor are able to cruise right in and do their "culling" of Talos worshipers legally while also weakening Talos' power at the same time.