Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-5933030-20130219204254

The thalmor will probably take over, seeing as the emperor is dead. But I'm hoping TES 6 (not online) will be about the second great war and some deadra disrupting it or something, so that might settle it.

If the dragonborn sides with the stormcloaks, he has the power and the resources to become the emperor. I'm sure Ulfric would agree with him, and would settle with high king of skyrim, and I'm sure most of Skyrim would agree aswell. The imperials would disagree I think, as Tullius dosen't seem to thank the dragonborn as much as Ulfric did in the civil war questline.

So yeah, with the support of Skyrim as a whole, I'm sure the dragonborn can become emperor OR ATLEAST lead the empire to victory against the elves.