QUOTE(cmac @ Dec 16 2003, 10:08 PM)
Caius is the Spymaster of the Blades, the Emporer's eyes and ears in Morrowind. Caius is recalled to the Imperial City mid-game for political reasons, not to go home. The current emporer is the sickly Uriel Septim.
Curt Sibling, the quote above is what I posted a few days ago. You repeated it almost exactly, contributing nothing to the thread discussion.
And the Emporer, apart from finding you to fit the descriptions of the possible savior of one of his provinces, has nothing to do with the fall of Dagoth Ur. He merely frees you. The 'chess board' would have Dagoth Ur on one side, and the PC on the other. The Emporer does not manipluate the PC whatsoever.
The Daedra, Tribunal, and Emporer are not competing for power. Nothing like it.