Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16047389-20140228182302/@comment-24075086-20140417232937

Harold Burned-Mane wrote:

Dark Jeto wrote: I think it was more than that. I think the Empire was necessary to give stability and peace to a continent on the brink of self-destruction. If the ten seperate nations were to survive together, they would need to unify. The Septim Empire brought peace and prosperity to Tamriel, and kept the different sides from killing eachother. But truly believe in what the Prophet said in Elder Scrolls Online: ''"By long tradition, only a Dragonborn can rightfully claim the throne." ''Or atleast a descendant of Alessia. Since that bloodline has ended, as far as we know anyway, the Empire is doomed to fail. Tiber Septim wasn't related to Alessia, he was just a Dragonborn that popped up. Even though the Last Dragonborn is called that we don't know if he will truly be the very last Dragonborn, especially since Bethesda can retcon that at any time. Zenimax has already retconed the CHIM. And Bethesda has retconed Alessia being the first Dragonborn with the introduction of Miraak. Maybe...they could easily change it to "the Legendary Dragonborn" or something along the lines of him being special even among the dragonborns.