Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-1600847-20141115230405

It sucks, because Mede II is no coward. He personally led the assault on the Imperial City, and when you come for him in the Dark Brotherhood quest he faces his death without a trace of fear.

Hindsight is perfect, he had no way of knowing at the time that the Dominion was in no state to keep fighting. But on the day he had to choose whether to capitulate to or defy the Thalmor, when his choice would either solidify the Empire or sew the seeds of its potential unraveling... he fucked up. Or as they say, "Sometimes, you just roll a 1."