Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16047389-20140228182302/@comment-1600847-20140830131346

Rigid Generic wrote: With the assassination of Emperor Mede in Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood questline, does that signify the end of the Mede Dynasty and thus, the Empire itself? We don't know if Mede has any family (brothers, sisters, uncles, sons, daughters, etc) to succeed him, but whoever had him assassinated most likely did it to put someone else on the throne. Maybe even someone unrelated to him, who knows. We'll have to wait until TES VI to find out, but the Empire ending is highly unlikely. The Elder Council will pick someone else.