Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20170206173025/@comment-31436340-20170311174248

I think the Elder Council are the ones that are running things from behind the scenes. They just plant an Emperor as a figure head and a puppet for them. Seeing how Titus Mede II has too much personal opinion on how to run the Empire they sentenced him till death.

Going by this theory, I guess as long as the person is willing to listen to them and the circumstance permits it, they'll put any race up as the Emperor.

I see the entire Skyrim situation as an elementary 2 x (1v1) political strifes to go about. Which is not much to go about and there is no signs of anyone Titus Mede II or Elder Council was grooming to be next Emperor.

Those are just common sense (for lack of better way of describing).

As it makes sense for the Elder Council or at least a part of it to actually have someone in mind to replace Titus Mede II if they want to kill him.

It also makes sense that Titus Mede II had started grooming an unknown individual to be his successor since he is a human, getting old and is no powerful mage who uncovered secrets or immortality nor he shows signs of being vampire (courtesy of console or CHIM)

Tiber Septim's heir was dead, but I suspect Alessia and Reman's descendants still exists. Hard to find but if they really want, they can find one. Though I suspect the Elder Council wants an Emperor They can control and not an Emperor who can control them.