Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-1600847-20150831134837

Bronkiin wrote: Every game so far has had the Empire feature prominently, and in 3 of the 5 the Main Quest line has revolved around saving it. Maybe the Empire's the central theme to the Elder Scrolls series and therefore will not be written out by Bethesda. That's true...

Arena: Saving Uriel and restoring him to the Imperial throne.

Daggerfall: Uriel sends you to stabilise the Iliac Bay region.

Morrowind: Uriel sends you to fulfil the Nerevarine prophecy, and you ultimately prevent Dagoth Ur from seceding Morrowind from the Empire.

Oblivion: You spend the whole Main Quest working with Martin.