Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-77.98.203.197-20130414002939/@comment-17114085-20140624132800

"Septim Empire = Mede Empire (as in, it's still the Third Empire). Tiber Septim himself (as Wulf) already mentioned in his own way that new people would eventually take up the reins of his Empire.  As subjective as this small point may be, the Empire is still very much the same one as Martin Septim died leaving it."

It is amazing how many people don't get this. I had a lengthy discussing with another user once where he outright refused to accept that the Mede Dynasty was ruling the Third Empire, aka Tiber Septim's Empire. The Third Empire never fell, it went through an War of Succession. The Stormcrown Interregnum was not like the Second Era Interregnum, since the Second Empire fell once it was completely disbanded as every province declared themselves independent. The Third Empire still had Hammerfell, High Rock, Skyrim, Elsweyr, Valenwood and Cyrodiil when Titus Mede I took over. The only provinces that had become independent by then were Morrowind, Black Marsh and Summerset Isles.