User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-24.217.230.13-20120620190625/@comment-5135631-20120630104801

The Septims had divine blood, and thus when they were alive, the Empire was almost invincible. You can see how big an impact their deaths made by noting the fact that the Empire was almost destroyed less than 200 years after their deaths.