User blog comment:Tholanar/If you were the High Queen or King of Skyrim..../@comment-2040576-20121220102813/@comment-4057437-20121221182326

Why give up being Guild Master? (If we understand the lore, you can't stop being the Listener anymore than you can stop being the Dragonborn.) The Kings of old usually had many other titles (Defender of the Faith, Duke of this or that, etc.) It just added to their power base.