User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120707164216/@comment-3472264-20120713051836

@Thedoucheinthenorth The Imperials can't be invaders if they're simply fighting to hold onto what little ground they have left for the Empire when that bit of land is already part of the the Empire. Also if you play through the Imperial questline Tullius will admit that he'll most likely never understand the Nords but he has come to deeply respect them.