Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24267938-20130323172448/@comment-7153552-20130430193626

50.27.28.164 wrote: The empire has no ruler.

Martin deid ending the septim dynatsy with no heir to the throne.

Btw can the emperors shout?Cause they are dragonborn right.

The Septim line was "dragonblood", not dragonborn (except for Tiber Septim, he was Dragonborn). And the Septim Empire has no current rulers, as you stated Martin died (sacrificed himself). The current Empire, which is one brought together by a warlord and battle-master by the name of Titus Mede the first, had/has a ruler by the name of Titus Mede II, depeending on whether or not you confer with the ending ofthe Dark Brotherhood questline. Which could have happened regardless of whether or not you destroyed the Dark Brotherhood since you did not destroy Cicero or Babette(sp?) and it could still potentially be rebuilt in Dawnstar under basic work-around lore fashion. The choice is Bethesda's, the choice to believe is yours. So the current Empire is potentially in dissary and unsettled beyond that of the Skyrim Civil War because of the loss of the Emperor on a boat in Skyrim (Skyrim is apparently not a good place for Empirical events in the early fourth era!).