Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-4842239-20130221005229

It does make most sense for Mede to have been assassinated. There is the world's shortest questline to oppose the Brotherhood.

Or, they could pull a Dragon Break again and say that Ulfric is dead, Elisif is High Queen, Skyrim is independent, Mede is dead, Skyrim branch of Dark Brotherhood is rebuilding, every Dragon that visited Skyrim is dead, Ariel's bow is claimed, Harkon is dead, his vampires dead, Dawnguard reformation destroyed, Miraak is dead. For comical reasons, you could say that the Dragonborn is Thane of every Hold in Skyrim, owns tons of manors/homes...

Even more comical: Most Skyrim people are dead, except for children, Jarls, Stewards, and certain other Essentials. :P