Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-5558140-20130215055941

like i said the empire is up for grabs for anyone who is powerful enough to take it. if the aldmeri were strong enough to take the imperial city then im sure that if they wanted to they could take the empire for themselves. hammerfell did defend themselves, but with no help from the empire, so they would probably turn their backs on the empire if it needs help. they instigated the civil war in skyrim, which as a result, regardlesss of who emerged victorious, made skyrim as a whole weaker. morrowind is covered in ash and argonians, with only house redoran taking control (again no thanks to the empire) valenwood and its wood elves have been made the dominions bitch, elsyweyr was turned over to the thalmor by the mane. i see no other outcome. at this point it's anyones game, but the thalmor seem to have the best hand. the fact that there is still any semblance of an emporer or elder council or even an imperial legion at this point is because the thalmor allow it, so whoever gets assasinated, in the grand scheme, it changes nothing. . its really just cyrodiil, the fact we even still call it an empire is outdated.