Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-7371906-20160307113428

Blademaster Jauffre wrote: TheBlackOmen wrote: I don't side with the Empire for one reason its going to die. Analyze the other games Oblivion, Online, Morrowind, even lore has stated and gave hints to this so the fall of the Empire is a dictionary example of a enantiomorph.


 * A Daedric Invasion (Molag Bal/Mehrunes Dagon)


 * An empire crumbling after their ruling dynasty was killed of (Reman Dynasty and the Tsaesci Ponetates/Septim Dynasty)


 * The blessing from the gods which was perceived no longer in affect becoming moot (Reman perceived as a Dragonborn by the Tsaesci/ The Dragonfires being unlit in both occurrences/ Septim Dynasty ending/ The ban on Talos worship)


 * An assassination bringing the fall of the Empire (Dark Brotherhood/ Mythic Dawn/ Dark Brotherhood again)


 * A war breaking out after the Empire falls (2nd Era Interregnum/ Stormcrown Interregnum and other conflict that were happening during this time such as Argonians invading Morrowind and Orsinium being sacked by the combined forces of Hammerfell and High Rock./ Great war/ Stormcloak rebellion etc.)

There are many parallels here that the comparison is uncanny and it seems history just repeats itself and it seems clinging on to the dying Empire just does more harm to Mundus all together.

Wulf said it best.

"The Emperor is getting old. Don't know how much longer he'll hang on. So is the whole Empire, for that matter. Getting old, that is. The Emperor and the legions have held the Empire together for hundreds of years. It's been a good thing, by and large. But maybe it's time for a change. Time for something young and new. What? No idea. Because I'm old. Old dog doesn't get new ideas. But maybe young folks like you should try some new ideas. I don't know. Could be messy. But change is never pretty." Wulf only said he didn't know how much longer the''' Emperor will hang on. He even specifically said ''So is the whole Empire, for that matter. Getting old that is. 'He doesn't say the Empire won't hang on for much longer, he is specifically talking about the Emperor.

Other than that your reasoning for the fall of an Empire make no sense. Exept if you read past the first two sentences you would find he also said  " The Emperor and the legions have held the Empire together for hundreds of years. It's been a good thing, by and large. But maybe it's time for a change. " he is not only specificaly talking about just the Emperor but the whole Empire he is talking about a preminition on how thr Empire is old in will be changed which is what is happening now as it is losing relevance.

Also if its so hard to comprehend that the Fall of an Empire of this series has been a running theme in lore in recent games with two very similar examples with very similar circumstances leading to its fall and it that's not enough for you its starting to lose territory, it has allowed provinces to succeed it and only decides to stops after it lost a total of five of the nine provinces it once held without resistance and only keeping Morrowind in name only and lost Hammerfell when they lost the war and yes they lost the war hard deciding to trade of half of it to save their own skin which they would have avoided if Titus Mede II wasn't a complete idiot and heed the Ultimatum that the Thalmor presented them before the Great war started or did something earlier when the Thalmor dumped a cart of severed blade agent heads during his birthday, they also have lost any divine relevance to the people since they don't have any prophesied divine figure head such as Tiber Septim, Reman Cyrodiil, St.Alessia, and the Septim dynasty or any form of divine purpose such as keeping the Dragonfires lit, and last but not least they have been allowing Thalmor units to roam their provinces without hindrance or observance allowing to know and survey every geographic key point and strategic position that the Empire could use in a invasion which the Empire cant do since no man has set foot in the Summerset Isles for over two centuries meaning the Empire is fighting blind in the next war of if you can even call it that since all the Political manipulation and the Sleeper agents that the Thalmor would place around the Empire could just rot it from the inside out before they can even consider fighting back in anyway this is a losing battle for the Empire no faster birth rates is going to save the Empire if they cant even rally their troops or gain any faith from their citizens or any form of confidence in their abilities which is beginning to wane fast. As they just refuse to get involved in the affairs of their provinces unless they are about to succeed from them as they did nothing in the Red Year, the Accession War, or the forsworn uprising and have't done anything to help remedy any of this.