Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-1600847-20141116230131

Sebidee wrote: 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. I'm fairly certain TES:VI will be along the lines of:

"When the Dominion launched their second invasion of Cyrodiil, Ulfric and "Whoever replaces Mede as Emperor" agreed to work together to halt the Dominion advance. They then realised that with the Dominion defeated, the ban of Talos worship and the Justiciars enforcing it would no longer exist, thus the Stormcloaks had no reason to rebel. To solidfy this agreement, the new Emperor did not oppose Ulfric becoming High King, and Skyrim remained a province of the Empire as it had for centuries."