Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-3444868-20130306085725

Aldurljon wrote: I'm obviosly late into this discussion but, you know, who cares.

The Dragonborn will not become emperor/emperess. That would be lore breaking. The elder council will most likely take over the proceedings of the empire. The battle with the Dominion is purely speculation at this point, but I feel that with the assasination of the emperor, whoever is in power would go against the Thalmor, or maybe it was the thalmor who had him murdered? That could lead to either a puppet emperor or someone who would oppose the Dominion. We really have no news of what the elder council thinks, they could all be thalmor toadies for all we know. You're right, that is probably why Bethesda would never let the Dragonborn become the Emperor, because they want to leave some of the story open a little bit, some breathing room  for the story writers in a way. Personally I am hoping for something involving Hammerfell (I hope so for next DLC), and seeing that the Redguards have kicked the Dominion out of Hammerfell twice already, it might involve creating an alliance or learning what they did to win for someone or group, Stormcloaks or Empire or Dominion (Sounds of shock and surprise :o)