Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-768817-20130817024153

I know I might be jumping to conclusions here, but Amaund Motierre gives away some possible clues, he constantly speaks of great changes that will happen to the Empire after the Emperor is dead. This can be taken multiple ways:

1. The Emperor has an heir, but he has vastly diffrent policies and beliefs then his father.

2. The Emperor may or may not have an heir, regardless Amaund's allies plan on staging a coup when the Empire is still weakend from Titus' death, to either place in their own cannidate for Emperor or turn it into a republic.

3. Amaund belives that the Thalmor will claim marshall law if the Emperor dies, and take complete control. (And he would want this why?)

4. The Emperor has no heir, and this will mean a new Emperor must be elected, which the senate could of already made a secret pact about who they'll elect, or Amaund just knows who ever's elected it will give him a chance to climb a few rungs on the ladder of power.

5. Amaund belives that if the Stormcloaks will win if the Empire is demoralized from the Emperor's assassination, and this could indirectly or directly influence something he wants very much to be influenced.

I belive it is Astrid, that says something akin to "Killing the Emperor, to increase his own political standing.. Clever." which makes #4 seem a little more likely (but what does Astrid know?) 