Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24267938-20130323172448/@comment-7185849-20130325230855

I think this view has been already presented somewhere on this forum but I'll bring it up again: As cool as it would be to have the Dragonborn as emperor I think that will never happen. This is because Bethesda will want to write the lore so that most players would feel that it's actually the very same character they have played, the Dragonborn, who has affectend the course of history. To make this happen the Last Dragonborn will be mystified just like Nerevarine from Morrowind; after fulfillning her/his destiny Nerevarine became a legend but never a leader for the Dunmer. Not much is known about the Hero of Kvatch either.

The destiny of the Dragonborn is clear: stop Alduin. But the personal motives are up to player. Maybe the Dragonborn just wants to be powerful and defeat Alduin just because the World Eater stands in her/his way. Maybe the Dragonborn doesn't give a damn about the Empire.

This is all just guessing, of course. I do believe, however, that the death of Titus Meade by the hand of a Dark Brotherhood assassin will be made canon in the Lore (it would make sense to me) so there is propably a vacancy for the Emperor available.