User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111216143229/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111216143632

That's really all there is to say, the medes and their empire have NO connection to the true Empire. Skyrim once freed can restore it all over again. But under the medes humanity will die, and the thalmor will win.