Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-76.212.125.175-20140110054628

Pink Slim wrote:

well now that Titus Mede is dead the empire has the potential to have a compitent emperor, my vote would be for Balgruuf, no matter what side you choose he will always join with the empire, and if they go with the Season Unending finish to the civil war he could be held in high esteem for having ended the civil war, and he is willing to risk his life for his people. he would make a great leader one who the stormcloaks would respect.

Except Mede wasn't incompetent by any means really, he was simply placed in a situation that was very much unwinnable. Hell had it been anyone else leading the Empire there might not have been an Empire left to fight for by the time skyrim starts.