User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111216143229/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111216163849

Perhaps, but the spirit behind it still stands. The mede empire has no connection the the true Empire, The Septim Empire. Therefore it does not have Alessia's blessing, and needs to fall so a new Dragonblood Empire can rise anew from Skyrim under the Dovahkiin.