User blog comment:Tholanar/What would you do if you were the Emperor of Tamriel?/@comment-71.124.176.67-20130110043616

An Imperial that was arrested for crossing the border to Skyrim after deserting the Legion due to the current treaty with the Thalmor. Eventually meeting Serana and discovering I am Dragonborn, I decide to take over Tamriel and impose my view of things.

My first step would be to overthrow Harkon and take my place as Lord of the Vampires and the supreme Vampire Lord. After defeating Alduin and Miraak, I would then aid Ulfric in driving out the Empire and securing Skyrim. I will follow that by using Bend Will on Ulfric and the Jarls, claiming control over Skyrim. With the Bent leaders and my network of vampires giving me firm power, I would then go about using Bend Will on as many dragons as I can find and raise a draconic air force. After forging an alliance with Hammerfell and Morrowind, I would then invade Cyrodill. I would send Vampires to Alinor to distract the Dominion while armies seized control and I killed Titus Mede. My idea of celebrating the victory would be, you guessed it, using Bend Will on the leaders of the provinces while vampirising those who did not come to the Imperial City. All this in place, and secure in my personal power as a Dragonborn Vampire Lord, I declare myself Emperor of Tamriel with the provinces united under my Voice. The Bosmer and cats are slowly cowed by assassinations. The Thalmor are unable to properly deal with this as their agents and spies are opposed by the equally subtle vampires.

Next step is crushing the Thalmor. Spending years building up my armies and hitting the Dominion with vampires and dragons, I launch my attack. Dragons clear a coastal area of Alinor as my ships land. What follows is total war as my armies decimate any settlement that does not surrender. I help them choose by having dragons drop the bodies of the defeated at the next target so they understand what is to come. A blockade led by Argonians choke Alinor off. When I finally reach Alinor city, the enslaved Ulfric leads the charge while I lead the dragons in the air. Using Storm Call, I strike the entire city before Ulfric and some Dragons Shout down the walls. As the storm fades, I use Auriel's Bow and darken the skies. With time, effort, and lots of bodies on both ends, I reach the Thalmor leader and kill her as a Vampire Lord unhindered by the sun. I then raze the city and desecrate the Elven temples. With the majority of leaders either Bent, vampirized, or serving out of fear, and the Thalmor destroyed, I am the sole power in Tamriel.

I then restructure the Empire to my needs. The provinces would be overseen by powerful mages I had Bent and given a Dragon and Priest Mask too, with myself in Cyrodill the Konahrik mage leading invasions to other lands like Akavir. Worship of Talos would be restored, along with greater tolerance to certain Daedra Lords so long as the believers behaved themselves. Using vampires watch the many kingdoms, I would maintain a network of immortal watchers to keep the peace. The guilds, legal or not, would remain so long as they swear loyalty to me. Those that dont are wiped out. The Companions are among the first to go, while the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild submit in their weakened state. I would NOT end the daylight, rather use the Bow sparingly. So long as the populance does not break my laws, there would be no needless violence. The Reach is given independent status, and the Summerset Isles are left to rebuild with a Thalmor free provincal government. All this is accomplished with my sheer power and long life, I can more or less outlive my enemies if I need to. Long livers like the elves are met with the Brotherhood, dragons, or my Bend Will. With Serana at my side, I would rule Tamriel as an immortal Dragonborn Emperor.