Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20170206173025/@comment-31436340-20170513195733

Yeah there is no Mede Empire because the Medes are too weak to overtake the Great Septim's name. But technically it is consider as Mede's Dynasty atm.

The Elder Council when there is an Emperor helps the Emperor runs the Empire. When there's no Emperor, they take over. It is just how things work, between putting a superior who orders them around and a superior who is no more than a figure head. Which one would you prefer?

The Elder Council can have as much power as the Emperor depending on situation and due to their circumstances, this is a 90% to 100% given that the Elder Council was in a struggle for power and they decided to kill the Emperor while he's in Skyrim because like I said, if at least half of the Elder Council is behind Titus Mede II, they will be in a struggle.

Plus Emperor's safety is such an important thing that the only reason why you can even get close to him is that most of the Elder Council either agrees or doesn't care about their Emperor.

Therefore, whether it is for the better of Empire or not, a martyr or not, there is no way an Elder Council member's independent action will go unnoticed by other members if they were not in one mind to kill the Emperor off.