So I'm curious and just wondering if anyone else has thought of this(if so apologies) but wouldn't be amazing if the dragonborn became Emperor just in time for a second Great War. Septim was the original DragonBorn and he started the Empire what's to stop this Dragonborn who shows all the same potential if not more becoming the leader of the Empire. I think it would make for a great storyline not only for skyrim but for the next couple games that follow. A whole new bloodline of Dragonborn that starts with your char...that sounds pretty damn good to me ahaha

I RP an Imperial Dragonborn too and can't help but wonder, why can't I become the next great Emperor

An Argonian emperor? Destroy White-Gold Concordant, Make empire part of Argonian Empire.

I admit the thought had crossed my mind. Clearly the events in the game do set up a prime situation where the empire, being a mere shadow of its former self, needs new rulership to help reunite a fragmenting Tamriel. As many times as you are compared to Talos/Tiber Septim, it would seem to fit that you would follow a similar parth.

I'm really happy that others were thinking this as well...doesn't something about it feel....right. It would be great assuming Bethesda doesn't tease us with the Great War storyline and an awesome villian(The Dominion) to fight against and not just one single sorcerer or an Daedric prince this would be a full on war I'm hoping so many possibilites in this area. It would just be great to be able to become the next great Emperor of the Empire of Tamriel. The events in the game set up a lot of prime situations. I am somewhat disappointed that all the DLC news seems to be pointing towards Morrowind. I never played it but I'm sure it was great and all but can't that come later after a war with the Elves....unless of course we need to rebuild Morrowind to help fight in the war. Either way my point is the Dragonborn we all play as should be the next Emperor not the Titus Mede or whatever his name is he's a coward. The dragonborn needs to be on the throne!

An Orsimer emperor eh? Not a bad idea, I Could do many great things for the Orsimer if I were emperor, but how would the other races, especially the racist Nords take to it?

Also, lore-wise, how would they decide what race the new emporer was?

It wouldn't matter my man you're the Dragonborn if they did it it should be unbiased whatever race you pick you become the Dragonborn and in turn the Emperor than thats what should be on your game. Otherwise we all know in cannon if this were to happen(I HOPE IT DOES I HOPE IT DOES) the Emperor would like something similar to that awesome background on this site...a white dude

Oh sorry Breton or Imperial or Nord for the politically correct

i would hate to lead a crumbling empire, or any empire for that matter

this breaks my immersion to play the dragonborn, too

It's not just the point of being in charge of the Empire man it's about your character being that dude we hear about in the next 5 Elder Scrolls game and his lineage that inspires all this great stuff like Martin Septim becoming a I want my char to be that guy and his family generations down to be in charge of a great empire.

ive thought about it, but i have no desire in my game to be high king or emperor whatever. And after speaking to Ulfric (after solitude) I think he would much rather head back to high hrothgar and continue the path of peace. Having played thru the stormcloak line so many times now and listening to all of Ulfrics txt, i think he really does want to go back.

If i had my way in future DLC':

id give the darkbrother hood leadership to Nazir. If i could let go of the gift of being the listener to Nazir i would.

brynjolf really should be the thieves leader, id find a way to convince him.

Aela should be the harbinger of the companions, not me. But i would still come to help them if they were to call for me.

and most important...... Mirabelle. Her body was never found. And I hope she is still alive. Id glady hand over the position of ArchMage if she comes back to the game. I liked her, Mirabelle was awesome imo.

Id find a way to help rebuild and restore helgen, and Ask Ralof if he can be New Helgens Jarl.

Then id go to winterhold, create a meeting with the jarl and mirabelle to find a way to restore whats left of winterhold. In my game id like to think that almost anything is possible with magic. So maybe a long quest that leads to restoring not only winterhold but also establishing trust and peace at the same time between the two.

high king emperor? i donno who but i definatley do not want it.

As for my fate in skyrim, Id create my own Hunters Guild and build strong ties with khajit caravans. Keep the doors open with the thieves guild too.

Once my hunters guild is stable and strong, id give the leadership over to someonein the guild i trust. Then id leave.

Find a cave really high up in skyrims mountains between peaceful waterfalls with a view overlooking the land. And id create the cave into my home. And live out the rest of my years there, living off the land in peace. And write about my adventures, places traveled and my experiences.

And if amyone should need my help, the people of skyrim would know where to look. They would point toward a mountain in the east and say "somewhere up there is where the dovahkiin can be found, but there is no road to reach where he lives. If you wish to contact the dragonborn you must climb the 7000 steps to high hrothgar and speak to the greybeards. They will know how to call him for you"

i just dont see myself as a king or emperor. Im dovahkiin and im fine with just being that.

Tiber Septim was a nord.

Thank You I was ready to say the say thing. He established the Empire but was not Imperial. Most of human civilization came from Skyrim if people care to read the lore.

Sounds like me if I become emperor. I highly doubt Bethesda will make the player become emperor.

If you think about it, being the emperor would not be a good thing at all. It's not like being the "new kodlack" of the companions, where you can still do anythign you want, if you're the emperor you can't explore, you'll have to deal with politics, sit in a castle all day. Not fun.

Does it matter the legionnaires would still speak to you like you were trash and send you out to fetch random crap for them.

I wouldn't mind some form of nation/hold/guild building though.

That was beautiful.. :,) but I agree with everything you said. Especially the hunters guild and then moving into a cave in the mountains.

I can't imagine the Elder Scrolls VI having lore books about the feats of Emperor
If you played as a woman, you determine the race of future emperors. And you can do WAY too much to change the fate of Tamriel.

Dragonborn does not mean you are emporer.....it just means you have special powers.

And no, you wont become emporer or anything like that because then canon lore would have to be written about you and wheneveryone plays a different character that is really hard.


It really doesnt bother me, if you have played any other ES game you never rise to a position of great power, that just how these games work.

Maybe in TES VI we will read a book that says that a Dragonborn assume as Emperor, but will not details race or gender, as always happens with heroes, he/she will be called the "Dragonborn Emperor", same as Nerevarine, CoC, etc.

dumb idea for a few reasons
1. canonically the dragonborn would have to be male, or a female nord or imperial. in TES there is the 1/10 bloodline rule which means even if they call the first new emporer "the dragonborn" it still protects future games canon because even a racist elf supremacist high elf dragonborn can be tricked into sleeping with a human and producing a 90% human child
2. there have been many dragonborn, you are not the avatar why should the choice of one's be yours?
3. I rase the question of how stupid it wouldbe to even allow a high elf to be emporer when the enemy at the gates are high elves.

thankyou .

I'd die before i let a lizard sit upon the Imperial throne!

I think it i unrealistic to believe the Dragonborn we play may become Emperor since it would not sit well with the "mysteriouly dissapearing hero" that the TES heroes usually are. The only exception I can think of is the CoC which had a major change of personality.
And the fact that the lore have necer stated anything about the nature of the heroes such as race or gender.