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While some of the Empire's servants, like Tullius, believe that war is coming and that they're simply gathering up strength, a vast majority of Imperial diplomats and merchants are actually selling their shit to the Thalmor and empowering them out of misguidance or greed, which is reason enough to suspect that they have NO plan whatsoever, and Titus Mede is just biding time for his empire to continue existing.