User blog comment:The Usual Thinker/Which side did you choose and why?/@comment-80.216.219.11-20120224110744/@comment-4692902-20120226044154

I will admit I don't know the details of his rise to power, but from what I've read, the fact that he took the Imperial City with less than a thousand soldiers, in addition to the fact that the Empire was falling apart due to no heir, I believe things could not have gone much better aside from Martin suddenly popping out of that statue. If we either: Find some long lost descendant of Tiber Septim or one of his heirs, or the Dragonborn proclaims him\herself Emperor, then yes, I will denounce the Mede Empire quite quickly, but, until that day comes, however, the Mede Empire is still the legitimate empire as far as I'm concerned. And if we are going to have the Dovahkiin become Emperor (which doesn't sound like a bad idea and actually sounds pretty good, but you would be more of a banner to unite under than actually commanding armies or writing laws, ala Shivering Isles) it will be much easier to take over as much of the original Empire as possible, you would have the support of General Tullius, and hopefully you wouldn't try and take the Imperial City by force, instead you could try diplomacy, a nice change from having to fight because you have no other option, because SOMEBODY *coughUlfric* took the barbaric, shortsighted, Nord way of things.