Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-25640840-20141116223116

The Imperials have an ideology too. I think the lore will not be affected by the civil war. Like someone said already, Bethesda aren't going to annoy half the player base that picked the wrong side. Here's how I think it will go down in the lore:

"At the beginning of the 4th era the Empire was tearing itself apart with civil war [STORMCLOAKS]. However, once the [ENTER NEW DISATER HERE] occured the provinces agreed to reunite to face the threat together"

OR

"At the beginning of the 4th era the Empire was tearing itself apart with civil war [STORMCLOAKS].Unfortunately the [ENTER NEW DISATER HERE] was the last straw and the Cyrodiilic Empire was destroyed completely."

So the question should be whether or not the Empire will survive into TES 6. I'm betting that whatever destroys or saves it will not be from TES 5 but will instead be something completely new.