Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-6707115-20130620225219

Legate Alexandros wrote: One thing for sure, they could have done a better job at laying down Mede Dynasty. Between Titus Mede I and Titus Mede II, there is only one other Empror (technicaly, the heir of Titus I). Other then that, no explanation. For all we know Motier will succed at becoming a Potentate, or maybe it would be recorded that he had died. Perhaps next we know Thalmor will recreate their Dominion over men. But nothing would be as scary as Ulfric Stormcloak becoming a High King and laying a claim on an empty Imperial throne as well. I guess the events after Skyrim would be up to Besedha to decide. Remember also, if you have chosen to destroy Dark Brotherhood, Mede would rule Tamriel for many years to come probably...we just need to know who's the heir. Usually all the events surrounding a faction always happen, its' just that the player character isn't mentioned in the events. Most likely all the possibilities that occured during the DB questline will occur, due to the fact that the Hero of Kvatch had the option for killing Lucien Lachance when first approached (you would even recieve a jounal entry for that). In Skyrim the purging of the sanctuary that occured in Oblivion was referenced along with the DB infiltrator who kept his mother's head like in Friday the 13th. Cicero's jounal's and random dialogue from Lachance's ghost confirm this.

The way Bethesda laid out the Mede Dynasty seemed a bit empty to me as well, I mean there could have been some books detailing the Dominion's rise and the Empire's response, while at the same time throwing a few Imperial Monarch's names around. As for the way the Skyrim Civil War will be recorded lorewise, it's one of two options, either the developers alienate half the players choices by declaring one side the winner or pull another Dragonbreak (the Dragonbreak option being more likely in my opinion).