okay i'll correct you. no the civil war would not cause gates to be built to separate the holds. you have to remember the war just started like about a year before the events of the game. if you notice how the maps that the Imperials and the Stormcloaks have have flags marking forts most of which are not held by them, this is because they are actively working to reclaim them for the war effort, a task that never ends up being completed because of game mechanics. also the Stormcloaks wouldnt spend their limited resources on building walls and gates that could never be held. think the Great Wall of China and how well that worked. dont get me wrong though the idea still sounds neat, but they would have to have been old ruins that are being used again. on another note, to see some of the forts actually being used by the armies would be nice and even some more ruins/not ruins that are set up as border towers or something would be a welcome addition. old ruins sounds good :) the only thing i'm really looking for is something to actually separate the holds from eachother like the border gates at the edges of skyrim but still not so... boring if you see my point. i mean with real guards and stuff, the guards would be there to stop bandits and other spawns of evil ^^ and if you as a player would be wanted then of course they would take you in depending on which hold you were crossing in/out to :) it would not be very lorebreaking IMO except from the fact that the vanilla lore didn't have walls or gates ^^ but what the heck the lore has been rewritten by modders since the beginning of time so what difference would it really make? :) i just feel it would be really cool to be able to really feel when you croos into another hold :)