UESP Forums

Discuss the uesp.net site and Elder Scrolls topics.
* FAQ    * Search
* Register    * Login
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:31 pm

Loading

All times are UTC

Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 34 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:50 am 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:24 pm
Posts: 200
Location: Whiterun
ES Games: Arena (finished), Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion (finished), Skyrim (Currently playing)
Platform: PC
Status: Skyrim fanatic
Other Profiles: (BigSnake on the Official Bethesda forum) (Snake2009 on Nexus)
UESPoints: 1
Since this is about Skyrim and not TES in general I'm putting it here.

As I haven't played Skyrim yet, I'm curious about this. I know that the Emperor and his hairs dies in Oblivion and the Elder Council took power at the end of Oblivion's main quest.

So my question is, in Skyrim, is there a "stand-in" Emperor or is the Elder Council still in charge?

Don't worry about spoiling me with it. I don't care about that. I like spoilers. :)

Edit: Corrected typos

_________________
Image


Last edited by Snake on Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:20 am, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:08 am 
Offline
Grand Master
Grand Master
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:32 pm
Posts: 3904
Location: The line between radiance and shadow
ES Games: I-V
Platform: PS3, PC
UESPoints: 0
There's an Emperor. Titus Mede `II, a descendant of Titus Mede, no not his son, who took the Imperial City with less than a thousand men. The Empire is facing, let's just say, troubled times. Too put it so lightly we are comparing Jupiter to an atom.

_________________
Justice knight wrote:
Oh and listen to Br3ad he speaks wisdom.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:16 am 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:24 pm
Posts: 200
Location: Whiterun
ES Games: Arena (finished), Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion (finished), Skyrim (Currently playing)
Platform: PC
Status: Skyrim fanatic
Other Profiles: (BigSnake on the Official Bethesda forum) (Snake2009 on Nexus)
UESPoints: 1
Oh OK. So they just stormed Cyrodiil? Damn! Gotta buy a new computer so I could play it.

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:21 am 
Offline
Grand Master
Grand Master
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:32 pm
Posts: 3904
Location: The line between radiance and shadow
ES Games: I-V
Platform: PS3, PC
UESPoints: 0
He was from Cyrodiil, being a Colovian Warlord. He just stormed the Imperial City.

_________________
Justice knight wrote:
Oh and listen to Br3ad he speaks wisdom.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:39 am 
Offline
Undecided
Undecided
User avatar

Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:37 am
Posts: 4743
Location: Edge of the world and all Western civilization
ES Games: Oblivion (SI); Skyrim (DB)
Platform: Steam, XBox
Status: The jester of my own mind palace
Other Profiles: DarkSpark135
UESPoints: 5
Br3admax wrote:
There's an Emperor. Titus Mede `II, a descendant of Titus Mede, no not his son, ...

Indeed. As in the case of many royal titles, The "II" indicates that he was merely the second of the Mede emperors who took the name of Titus.

_________________
Baurus: Our job is to get the Emperor out of situations like this. Though I'll admit, things aren't going exactly to plan.

Casandra: At the moment, the deadliest weapon at my disposal is a goblin's head on a stick. I'd be worried if this was the plan.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:02 am 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman

Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:50 am
Posts: 387
ES Games: Morrowind GOTY, Oblivion GOTY, Skyrim
Platform: PC, PS3
UESPoints: 2
You get to meet him briefly if you play the Dark Brotherhood quest.

_________________
Fallout Collection


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:12 am 
Offline
Imperial Legate
Imperial Legate
User avatar

Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:03 pm
Posts: 4359
ES Games: Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, ESO
Platform: PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
Status: Fresh
UESPoints: 20
To elaborate further -

Skyrim is a province of the Empire. Skyrim does not have an Emperor. Tamriel has an Emperor. Emperor Titus Mede II rules from Cyrodiil. The Nords of Skyrim swear fealty to the Empire, and have for over a thousand years, but they have their own rulers. Each Hold is governed by a Jarl, who acts in much the same capacity as the Counts in Cyrodiil. The official military of Skyrim is the Imperial Legion, but each Jarl has a private security force wearing traditional Nordic armor, but with color coded scarves and painted shields to signify their Hold. The monarch of Skyrim is the High King, who acts as the mediator between the Emperor and the Jarls. Part of the conflict in the game Skyrim involves a civil war, as the most recent High King - Torygg - was murdered shortly before the events of the game by a rebel leader who wants to break Skyrim away from the Imperial rule it's known for a thousand years.

To fill in a bit more about what happened between Oblivion and Skyrim - only Skyrim, High Rock and Cyrodiil remain part of the Empire. The Aldmeri Dominion formed in opposition and tried to invade Hammerfell and Cyrodiil, and demanded the Imperials give up worship of Talos. They also murdered every Blades agent in Summerset, Valenwood and Elsweyr. After a long and bloody war, Talos worship was banned and Hammerfell was disowned by the Empire. Morrowind was ravaged by natural disasters and an invasion from Black Marsh, who had also left the Empire. A big population of refugee Dunmer live in Skyrim in the Fourth Era. Morrowind is not officially a part of the Empire any more, and its control has passed to House Redoran, who is rebuilding the cities damaged by volcanic eruptions. The Orcs had a pretty hard time, too. Shortly after the events of Oblivion, when the Empire was weakened, the Redguards and Bretons decided to team up and destroy Orsinium again. The survivors were evacuated by the Imperial Legion. It was recently rebuilt on the border of Hammerfell, but many Orcs scattered into the wilds and now live in tribal strongholds.

The Aldmeri Dominion didn't succeed in their invasions of Hammerfell and Cyrodiil, but the Empire was weakened a lot by the aftermath of the war, and the Thalmor who rule the Dominion now have embassies all across the Empire, and are pretty much bullying and coercing people into doing things their way. So yes, there's an Emperor but he's considered a lame duck by many. Tensions are high all over the Empire and people suspect the Elves could invade again at any time from their Dominion. Hammerfell stands alone, Morrowind is crippled and the Nords of Skyrim are bitterly opposed to the ban of Talos worship, as they greatly admired him as a man and a god of war. That's the setup of the game. (And as if things weren't bad enough, the dark god Alduin returns, in the form of a giant black dragon, and immediately destroys a town in central Skyrim).

_________________
Monsters are bred in labyrinths, labyrinths are bred from walls. There is a reason the Giants choose to remain nomadic rather than follow their shield kin the Nords in building permanent settlements. The Tower is the beginning of all walls.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:24 am 
Offline
Undecided
Undecided
User avatar

Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:37 am
Posts: 4743
Location: Edge of the world and all Western civilization
ES Games: Oblivion (SI); Skyrim (DB)
Platform: Steam, XBox
Status: The jester of my own mind palace
Other Profiles: DarkSpark135
UESPoints: 5
The Fighters' Guild is a nonentity in Skyrim (we get mead-swilling mercenaries who live in a capsized boat atop a small hill).

The Mages' Guild is disbanded (we get instead a magic College playing a game of architectual Jenga).

The Thieves' Guild is, well, dingy as usual.

And the Dark Brotherhood has little more than their long-passed reputation keeping them from a being common bandit gang. Good news is that help is on the way (the bad news is it's riding in on the back of what can best be described as a cross between Pee-Wee Herman and The Joker).

_________________
Baurus: Our job is to get the Emperor out of situations like this. Though I'll admit, things aren't going exactly to plan.

Casandra: At the moment, the deadliest weapon at my disposal is a goblin's head on a stick. I'd be worried if this was the plan.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:12 pm 
Offline
Grand Master
Grand Master
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:32 pm
Posts: 3904
Location: The line between radiance and shadow
ES Games: I-V
Platform: PS3, PC
UESPoints: 0
Pilaf The Defiler wrote:
To elaborate further -

Skyrim is a province of the Empire. Skyrim does not have an Emperor. Tamriel has an Emperor.

I think the OP means The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim not Skyrim. Also if I'm not mistaken, he's still called the Emperor of Skyrim. I'd hardly say Tamriel has an Emperor either, since a good portion of it is not a part of the Empire.

On the part of Morrowind, I'm not sure where it was "officially" released, only that the Legion left; whereas Hammerfell was let go by treaty. If Morrowind was truly not a part of the Empire, I doubt the Emperor or the Elder Council would let Skyrim giveaway Solstheim, as the Raven Rock mines were not dry at that time and this would have been the only source of ebony they would have access to.

_________________
Justice knight wrote:
Oh and listen to Br3ad he speaks wisdom.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:09 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:22 am
Posts: 262
ES Games: daggerdall, morrowind, oblivion, skyrim
Platform: pc, xbox/360
UESPoints: 0
I hate the fact that half of the provinces have broken away and the empire is in shambles in skyrim, its a direction im really not happy with in skyrim.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:43 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:24 pm
Posts: 200
Location: Whiterun
ES Games: Arena (finished), Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion (finished), Skyrim (Currently playing)
Platform: PC
Status: Skyrim fanatic
Other Profiles: (BigSnake on the Official Bethesda forum) (Snake2009 on Nexus)
UESPoints: 1
Yes, I meant The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim. Not the province of Skyrim in general. I guess I should have made that clearer. :s

Anyway, I was just curious if The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim game has a Emperor for the Empire or if the Elder Council was still in charge.

I got my answer though. Thanks!

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:00 am 
Offline
Novice
Novice

Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:29 am
Posts: 84
ES Games: Oblivion, Skyrim
Platform: xbox 360
UESPoints: 0
Raynil dralas wrote:
I hate the fact that half of the provinces have broken away and the empire is in shambles in skyrim, its a direction im really not happy with in skyrim.


by the next game, all the provinces could be realigned with the empire, either by choice or force. of course they could set the next installment before instead of after Skyrim too, depending on what story they come up with for it.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:17 am 
Offline
Undecided
Undecided
User avatar

Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:37 am
Posts: 4743
Location: Edge of the world and all Western civilization
ES Games: Oblivion (SI); Skyrim (DB)
Platform: Steam, XBox
Status: The jester of my own mind palace
Other Profiles: DarkSpark135
UESPoints: 5
spin wrote:
Raynil dralas wrote:
I hate the fact that half of the provinces have broken away and the empire is in shambles in skyrim, its a direction im really not happy with in skyrim.


by the next game, all the provinces could be realigned with the empire, either by choice or force. of course they could set the next installment before instead of after Skyrim too, depending on what story they come up with for it.

Or perhaps the other way around: the Empire is completely disintegrated when the next crisis unfolds.

Time and again, games of this sort are always about "saving the world" from something that is trying to "destroy" it. Why not turn this notion around: the world you're in is absolutely [&@%!], and you're to embark on a journey to break apart the old and start something new.

_________________
Baurus: Our job is to get the Emperor out of situations like this. Though I'll admit, things aren't going exactly to plan.

Casandra: At the moment, the deadliest weapon at my disposal is a goblin's head on a stick. I'd be worried if this was the plan.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:15 am 
Offline
Grand Master
Grand Master
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:32 pm
Posts: 3904
Location: The line between radiance and shadow
ES Games: I-V
Platform: PS3, PC
UESPoints: 0
The more and more you break apart the Empire, the less of a common goal and reason to be there is present. It'd be foolish to remove the Empire just yet.

_________________
Justice knight wrote:
Oh and listen to Br3ad he speaks wisdom.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:02 am 
Offline
Warder
Warder
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:50 pm
Posts: 429
Location: Texas
ES Games: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim
Platform: PC (Morrowind, Oblivion), X360 (Skyrim)
UESPoints: 0
Dark Spark wrote:
Time and again, games of this sort are always about "saving the world" from something that is trying to "destroy" it. Why not turn this notion around: the world you're in is absolutely [&@%!], and you're to embark on a journey to break apart the old and start something new.

A certain questline in Skyrim takes a major step in that direction, so maybe that's where the series is heading. That would be a good thing, IMO.

Br3admax wrote:
The more and more you break apart the Empire, the less of a common goal and reason to be there is present. It'd be foolish to remove the Empire just yet.

As far as I'm concerned, they removed the Empire when Martin Septim died.

Br3admax wrote:
I doubt the Emperor or the Elder Council would let Skyrim giveaway Solstheim, as the Raven Rock mines were not dry at that time and this would have been the only source of ebony they would have access to.

Is there a source for this? Because there are two ebony mines in Skyrim proper (Gloombound and Redbelly). I can't find any info on when those mines opened, though.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:00 am 
Offline
Undecided
Undecided
User avatar

Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:37 am
Posts: 4743
Location: Edge of the world and all Western civilization
ES Games: Oblivion (SI); Skyrim (DB)
Platform: Steam, XBox
Status: The jester of my own mind palace
Other Profiles: DarkSpark135
UESPoints: 5
Br3admax wrote:
The more and more you break apart the Empire, the less of a common goal and reason to be there is present. It'd be foolish to remove the Empire just yet.

You may have misunderstood my direction. I'm not talking about playing through a story where you see the Empire broken up. I'm talking about a story where the Empire is already gone, the world is worse off because of it, and it's your destiny to reshape things to leave a better world than the one we'd emerged into.

_________________
Baurus: Our job is to get the Emperor out of situations like this. Though I'll admit, things aren't going exactly to plan.

Casandra: At the moment, the deadliest weapon at my disposal is a goblin's head on a stick. I'd be worried if this was the plan.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:18 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:22 am
Posts: 262
ES Games: daggerdall, morrowind, oblivion, skyrim
Platform: pc, xbox/360
UESPoints: 0
I always liked the empire in TES because they weren't the big evil like nearly every other imperial empire is in the fantasy genre. Skyrim really seems to be trying to demonize the empire and i hate it, ive always supported the empire in TES and what we have in skyrim is a shadow of the empire i love.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:25 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman

Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:34 pm
Posts: 279
UESPoints: 0
Dark Spark wrote:
The Fighters' Guild is a nonentity in Skyrim (we get mead-swilling mercenaries who live in a capsized boat atop a small hill).

The Mages' Guild is disbanded (we get instead a magic College playing a game of architectual Jenga).

The Thieves' Guild is, well, dingy as usual.

And the Dark Brotherhood has little more than their long-passed reputation keeping them from a being common bandit gang. Good news is that help is on the way (the bad news is it's riding in on the back of what can best be described as a cross between Pee-Wee Herman and The Joker).

As always, I love your analogies. As far as the current line of discussion, they could have well done just what's being suggested with Skyrim.

The Septim Empire did indeed die with the passing of Martin Septim. As a new "Dragonborn" you had the potential to set things right and start a new Empire of true Dragonblood Emperors, but alas, no. Instead, you inherit the title of being the "Last Dragonborn" in oder to defeat Alduin once and for all, which in turn means there will never be another. No, that era is dead, passed and gone, and certainly not for the better considering the corruption and decadence that makes itself so prevalent in the Mede Dynasty.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:29 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:24 pm
Posts: 200
Location: Whiterun
ES Games: Arena (finished), Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion (finished), Skyrim (Currently playing)
Platform: PC
Status: Skyrim fanatic
Other Profiles: (BigSnake on the Official Bethesda forum) (Snake2009 on Nexus)
UESPoints: 1
Wow, this post has gotten a bit off topic. :lol:

^^ Umm...wouldn't it be possible to have another Dragonborn if...say...the Dragonborn has kids to carry on the name?

Makes since to me.

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:44 pm 
Offline
Grand Master
Grand Master
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:32 pm
Posts: 3904
Location: The line between radiance and shadow
ES Games: I-V
Platform: PS3, PC
UESPoints: 0
Snail's Pace wrote:
Br3admax wrote:
I doubt the Emperor or the Elder Council would let Skyrim giveaway Solstheim, as the Raven Rock mines were not dry at that time and this would have been the only source of ebony they would have access to.

Is there a source for this? Because there are two ebony mines in Skyrim proper (Gloombound and Redbelly). I can't find any info on when those mines opened, though.

Raven Rock has always been a major source of ebony, whereas these mines exist in this game alone and have no mention anywhere else.
They may not have even existed as colonies before, and therefore I can't debate them.
Dark Spark wrote:
Br3admax wrote:
The more and more you break apart the Empire, the less of a common goal and reason to be there is present. It'd be foolish to remove the Empire just yet.

You may have misunderstood my direction. I'm not talking about playing through a story where you see the Empire broken up. I'm talking about a story where the Empire is already gone, the world is worse off because of it, and it's your destiny to reshape things to leave a better world than the one we'd emerged into.

That really doesn't matter to my point. If the Empire's gone, there's less of a reason for any one race to be in any location and the common ground that the races have established will begin to erode as they become more and more secular, just as it did before.
Snake wrote:
^^ Umm...wouldn't it be possible to have another Dragonborn if...say...the Dragonborn has kids to carry on the name?

Makes since to me.

No. The Dragonborn in Skyrim is the Last, most likely because there is no more need for Dragonborn.

_________________
Justice knight wrote:
Oh and listen to Br3ad he speaks wisdom.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:59 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:24 pm
Posts: 200
Location: Whiterun
ES Games: Arena (finished), Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion (finished), Skyrim (Currently playing)
Platform: PC
Status: Skyrim fanatic
Other Profiles: (BigSnake on the Official Bethesda forum) (Snake2009 on Nexus)
UESPoints: 1
^^ Yea, that makes since. I'd hate to see where TES heads from here.

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:22 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:22 am
Posts: 262
ES Games: daggerdall, morrowind, oblivion, skyrim
Platform: pc, xbox/360
UESPoints: 0
Snake wrote:
^^ Yea, that makes since. I'd hate to see where TES heads from here.


Gritty dark fantasy :(


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:42 pm 
Offline
Journeyman
Journeyman

Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:34 pm
Posts: 279
UESPoints: 0
Raynil dralas wrote:
Snake wrote:
^^ Yea, that makes since. I'd hate to see where TES heads from here.


Gritty dark fantasy :(

Yay! We're going back to Morrowind![/sacasm]


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:27 pm 
Offline
Undecided
Undecided
User avatar

Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:37 am
Posts: 4743
Location: Edge of the world and all Western civilization
ES Games: Oblivion (SI); Skyrim (DB)
Platform: Steam, XBox
Status: The jester of my own mind palace
Other Profiles: DarkSpark135
UESPoints: 5
Br3admax wrote:
... That really doesn't matter to my point. If the Empire's gone, there's less of a reason for any one race to be in any location and the common ground that the races have established will begin to erode as they become more and more secular, just as it did before. ...

We're on the same wavelength. What you describe doesn't sound like a very appealing world. Different races staying apart, unwilling to help each other out. A realm so disjointed that, when something truly bad comes along, nobody can do anything remarkable to stop it because nobody cares about what happens to anyone but themselves. There is one thing worse than war, and that is to have nothing worth fighting for.

What to do about that, then? Tear that sickened world apart, make something new. Some of the great stories out there are about nation-building. When I say "nation" I don't mean literally a new country or kingdom, but rather taking a diverse group of characters, getting them to work together using their distinct strengths in a way where, when combined, they become something capable of reshaping the world.

_________________
Baurus: Our job is to get the Emperor out of situations like this. Though I'll admit, things aren't going exactly to plan.

Casandra: At the moment, the deadliest weapon at my disposal is a goblin's head on a stick. I'd be worried if this was the plan.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Does Skyrim have an Emperor?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:42 pm 
Offline
Guardian
Guardian

Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:36 pm
Posts: 780
ES Games: Daggerfall, Oblivion, Skyrim
Platform: PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch
UESPoints: 0
Raynil dralas wrote:
I always liked the empire in TES because they weren't the big evil like nearly every other imperial empire is in the fantasy genre. Skyrim really seems to be trying to demonize the empire and i hate it, ive always supported the empire in TES and what we have in skyrim is a shadow of the empire i love.

I found it ironic that the 2 biggest Bethesda titles "flip" the political positions and alignments around. Typically, in most fantasy games, the Emperor is evil, and the President is good. In Fallout, the President is evil, and in most Elder Scrolls games, the Emperor is good (albeit ruthlessly pragmatic, like in Redguard, or too "weak", like in Skyrim). Also, as I mentioned, the reason that the current Empire is weak and corrupt is because the current Emperor is a common human. The Empire can only be supported by one with a Dragon's soul, who can kill people by Shouting at them.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 34 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  

Sponsored Links

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group