Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-77.98.203.197-20130414002939/@comment-29458028-20140624073608

Ifnsman wrote: Bethesda has constantly breathed new life into the series in each game without the Empire ever falling.

The games were never quite about specifically saving the Empire, either. They were about saving the entire world from existential threats & fulfilling prophecies in the process (though some would say its much deeper than that; which it can be).

The Empire is highly unlikely to fall by the next game. I can guarantee that. At best? It will have sustained some damage, but will show signs of recovery.

If the Empire falls? The Dominion will have already won by then...Nirn, and humanity, would soon cease to exist. (I do hope people here are aware of the Thalmor's true goals, because that is most assuredly going to be an officially established part of the Lore at some point.  Ancano's actions in the College of Winterhold questline was actually the big hint at it) Dude, what I meant by saving the empire again means that either directly or indirectly, you helped to continue its existance. Plus saving the whole nation is like a super cliche.

Plus, the Thalmor will probably win and we'll probably have to stop them from erasing everyone by killing all of them. You do realise that unless the next emperor that Motierre and his conspirators (one does not do this alone) happens to be some god king tiber septim copy, the empire will be broken by the dominion. So I highly doubt recovery. Plus it is natural for empires to fall if ruled by warlords and barbaric feudalists, simply because they cannot unite everyone under a common banner.

You do realise that the plot, so much for all the fine details is still "You are a nobody, you did something, killed the big bad, saved the world (and the empire)". Simply, if Beth wanted to do something they never did before, the empire has to go. Plus, the empire is not really an empire anymore, seeing that they are now only high rock, cyrodil and maybe skyrim (which is probably going to break away).

I really don't like to flame people (and I am trying to word this in a non argumentative way, but that is very difficult), but seriously, why the demand the empire endures? No empire IRL was eternal and as society progresses, empires become all the more impossible to create. Unless Beth makes the games virtual copies of each other and make society so unprogressive that the timeline does not march on, such is not conducive for the survival of any form of monarchy.