Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27389023-20160612112514/@comment-1600847-20161031131507

86.164.250.148 wrote: If you take Riften for the Imperials then you can hear soldiers say Riften is a good launching point to retake Morrowind so it seems Morrowind is not part of the Empire. I didn't know that. I went and checked, the exact quote is:

"Now that the Empire's arrived in Riften, we've finally established a launching point into Morrowind... Just in case."

This would corroborate Titus Mede I's statement in the Infernal City novel that Morrowind left the Empire, following the Oblivion Crisis and the Legion withdrawing from Morrowind to defend Cyrodiil.