Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-129.21.143.199-20130911211744/@comment-11444045-20140626055421

The emperor were guessing as to why he was being targeted he thought it was because Amound Motierre wants to succeed him. Granted Astrid did say "Motierre, you naughty, naughty boy. Hiring the Dark Brotherhood to help you rise beyond your station. Delicious" Which is implying that he probably is trying to become emperor or at the very least someone of high importance on the council but again it's merely assumptions nothing factual backing anything outside the fact he wants the emperor to be dead. And in all likelihood this could be even deeper than the game lets on, maybe someone is request Motierre to hire the DBH, kill these targets(including Titus, because of his failure at the war against the Thalmor) to bring back the strength of the imperial legion. And he could be given a pretty higher position as a counslor if it succeeds. It could be a coup d'etat within the imperial government or whatever it's called in the game by more than 1 person acting for a purpose. It's pretty clever