Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26987392-20150929210728

College Mage: Ferris wrote: LDuka wrote:

Anyway, I'd really like the idea of a Dragon Break occurring at 4E 202 or at least anytime between TES:V and TES:VI. This would be a nice way out to a lot of dualities that could have a great impact on the story(i.e. the assassination of Titus Mede II), without favoring any side. I'd honestly rather they keep Dragon Breaks to a minimum... If it gets overused it'll become the new scapegoat/deus ex machina/LotR eagles. a lot of the events could be explained even without needing the break. Someone wanted Titus Mede II dead, if the Dark Brotherhood isnt around they would have just got someone else, so history would just need to reflect that he was assassinated, not assassinated by any specific group or person. They technically already wrote in a way to explain some of the dualities, The Ebony Warrior. Anything the Dragonborn in one game doesnt do, could theoretically done by The Ebony Warrior before his death. (or at least how he could be used to explain)

As for the Civil War, I believe the same as Diinfothur (and I know AzuraKnight has mentioned it before) that it'll be mentioned in a history book, but I almost expect there to be 2 different conflicting versions, one written by each side, that talks about the glorious Empire and the rebels who were crushed, and one about overthrowing the tyrannical puppets, in the name of Talos. From there either they take the lazy way out and not actually mention who "won" leaving this discussion open for another decade. Maybe they'll surprise us and say Skyrim won its independence eventually, and its new and current High King Balgruuf took it upon himself to restart the Ebonheart Pact after assisting in peace talks between Morrowind and Blackmarsh, and is acting as an independent ally to the Empire. Indeed, Dragon Breaks are a concept that would kind of break lore if overused... but I still find it the best way out for Skyrim. Unlike Oblivion, Skyrim has two major dualities that could impact the next TES, specially if it'll be set at a conflict against the Dominion(which I very strongly believe so).

By the way, I've never thought of Balgruuf becoming High King. Before Season Unending he appeared to have a fairly neutral position, thinking only about it's city good. If he had the same philosophy while governing all of Skyrim things could go very well.