Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24267938-20130323172448/@comment-7153552-20130405144258

Draconi Nascentum Imperatore wrote: The Dragonborn could still become Emperor of Tamriel and still keep the spirit in the future games, the next games lore could simply mention that the Dragonborn changed their name upon taking the throne much in the same way as Hjalti Early-Beard changed his to Tiber Septim; the name could just be unisex. I just personally don't see the empire coming back so quickly and so easily. I mean, the other provinces have surely heard of the Dragonborns deeds and all that, but to most of them it's rumor and legend. Heck, to most of the Nords dragons and the Dragonborn was legend until we come along and play it! Losing a long-term line of emperors, the Great War, having a warlord take the empire, then being succeeded by a man that signed the Concordance with the Aldmeri (who may or not have been killed by the Dark Brotherhood) ... I just don't see the empire reeling back so easily and accepting the Dragonborn. I realize that he could just take it all by force, but that would require vast armies, and even if you sided with the Legion on the civil war stuff all you have is General Tulius' troops in Skyrim that truly know and respect you. The General can't promote you past, or even to, his own rank so you don't command that much respect on your own. If there was some stories or lore or gameplay time that explained, well and in detail, how the Dragonborn went forth and claimed glory and honor and respect among the provinces to make a peaceful empire - sure, maybe it would work. But I see more Great Wars in the future, I see the Aldmeri trying something huge and drastic, I see Skyrim defecting one way or another (regardless of how you played through the Civil War quest, those Nords are strong and stubborn). There's so many things that would be so much better and so much bigger than the Dragonborn simply taking office and becoming Emperor - that's so boring and easy to do.