Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3322638-20130429120723/@comment-7185849-20130430101152

[Warning: this post may include spoilers]

I think Dragon Breaks are just silly. It's an easy shortcut for the writers, but as a story it's just as bad as those books in which the main character wakes up in the end and realizes the whole thing was just a dream.

But I don't believe Bethesda will use the Dragon Break on this. It's a big game studio and surely someone in there has thought of the question how are they going to handle these things in the next episode. I think the faction quests (excluding the civil war) are not a problem. The faction quests in previous games have not affected the next game. Personally I'd like to see the DB storyline as canon (the Emperor is assassinated) and the Dragonborn may or may not have been involved.

As for the civil war, it could be seen as time of chaos in Skyrim, but maybe the winner is not that important. It will leave both Skyrim and the Empire weakened despite which ever side you choose.