Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-74.196.223.125-20130804060138/@comment-24896639-20140627143134

98.214.97.246 wrote: Rune couldn't be a Septim anyway because the Dragonfires would've remained lit had their been a missing heir to the throne. It wasn't until Martin died that they finally went out, formalizing the end of the Septims. Because he was found with a stone that supposedly has a different language on it, I'd like to believe that he's either from Akavir, Atmora, or possibly Artaeum. The last one being very unlikely since the Psijics are primarily formed of Altmer. If what I know is right, the Dragon Fires went out as soon as the emperor died, and that's why the daedra were able to invade Tamriel, if the Dragon Fires were still lit because Martin was the heir to the throne, which he was, then the daedra wouldn't have been able to invade. He had to actually light the fires with the Amulet of Kings. Since that was destroyed when Martin became the Avatar of Acatosh, there was no need for Septim emperors.