Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-96.252.245.207-20130116060134/@comment-99.20.139.40-20131219224347

"As for the Civil war, it can be resolved with this: The Dragonborn becomes the emperor. Titus Mede II died with no known heirs, and the Emperors were traditionally Dragonborn for a good while. If the Imperial government looked for a replacement, they could easily find this very powerful hero whom everyone loves and is a competent fighter and leader. (Archmage, Harbinger, etc.) The only person who knew the identity of the Emperor's assasin was Maro, and he was killed during Hail Sithis.

But what if the Dragonborn was a Stormcloak, you may ask. Well, it is possible that Ulfric would trust the Dragonborn enough to support him/her as Emperor on the conditon that s/he reinstate Talos worship and legitimize him as High King of Skyrim. Obviously, there would then be a war with the Thalmor, but I'm getting to that. An Empire+Stormcloak force with the Dragonborn's own personal power (at least two dragons at his/her command, plus mercenary armies and more) could stand a definite chance against the elves. If the empire did go to war with the Thalmor, it's likely that Hammerfell would help too, and the remaining Nords could be convinced to join the cause if the Empire won the Civil war.

So either way we would get "The Dragonborn became Emperor after slaying Alduin, Skyrim stayed within the Empire, and the rejeuvinated Imperial army started the Second Great War." for a summary of TES V."

I like that, Coppermantis. I like that quite a bit. Well done.