Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26400653-20150608022111/@comment-177.34.179.170-20150913225353

WrathOfHircine wrote:

- The end of the Dragon Crisis with Alduin being banished from Nirn(again, and perhaps permanently?).

- The assassination of emperor Titus Mede II by the Dark Brotherhood...

- ... or the destruction of the DB.

- The end of Skyrim's Civil War. This would be a big deal because it could re-ignite the war between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion. - The Dragon crisis only happened in skyrim and solstheim so no big deal

- He likely has heirs so no end of the Medes like what hapened to the septims

- The DB has already been destroyed many times and always comes back

- When the Great War started it did not changed eras so no It is unknown if the Dragon Crisis only happened in Skyrim. Many Dragons could fly to other regions of Tamriel. But, even if they didn't, if the Dragonborn didn't stop Alduin, it would be the end to all of Nirn, so, yeah, it is definetely a big deal.

It is also left unknown who would be the next Emperor. But even if it wasn't the end of the Medes dinasty, the Thalmor could potentially use that moment of weakness of the empire and launch an assault, leading to the second great war...

... this would be a big deal because The Great War is part of the Thalmor's endgame to destroy Nirn and regain their divinity. First they get rid of Talos worship. Then they eliminate men. Then they destroy The Towers.

The destruction of the DB wouldn't really be a big deal, yes, but as I said, the assassination of the Emperor would. Destroying the DB would stop a chain of events that could potentially lead to the destruction of Nirn.