Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-99.105.83.169-20140313063208

Mede was a terrible Emperor because by signing the treaty he screwed himself out of Hammerfall and part of skyrim as powerful allies. if you wanna fight a new rising empire the worst thing to do is alienate your friends. christ Tullius' dialague has a very run down tone to it "you damn nords and your customs/honor" his voice actor portrays him with a sort of "another day another dollar" attitude rather then "rally the empire, save skyrim!" type of attitude and i believe it was done on purpose. if that doesnt give you the sense that the Cyrodil Empire is similar to Rome, corrupt, ineffective and decident, before it fell then idk what would. ive played for both sides and while i think bethesda wants to make it seem on the surface "oh its the empire they held tamriel together for so long, they are the good guys in this, the storm cloaks are just uneducated barbarians with a leader who was brainwashed during his time imprisioned by the thalmore".

On a side note, anyone who thinks the old Empire is going to rebound, crush the thalmor and unite Tamriel again in the next game or 2  is just wishing for a fairly tail ending at this point. The Imperial Remnant will be lucky to hold on to what it has at this point, christ who knows it the Argonians and their radical new leadership (An-Xileel) will make a move on southern parts of the empire, they crushed the daedra so the imperial army in its current state would probly be a breeze for them. And, although i dont see it happeneing with the state of their homeland, the Dunmer had an army that beat the Argonians as well as started getting a formidable resistence to the daedra as well so they probly wouldnt stand around and let an inneffective empire rise up again. not to mention the major threat imo, the akaviri, could see some easy pickings if they decide to come back and invade a continent that was ravaged by an evil god, a massive war then dragons in the north.