The Septim line ending is a great thing? Sorry, but no. That's one of the reasons everything is so messed up right now.

Who said it was?

It's a terrible thing for Tamriel. It's a great thing for conflict and fueling future storylines.

It is a terrible thing for Tamriel....hence why it was BAD.

so the only good story is a mundane known quantity like daedra invasion #25?

I'm enjoying "Skyrim" currently. The Fourth Era is a more brutal one in many ways, but more interesting. You could make the case that Morrowind was stagnant by the time the Nerevarine shows up to clean house. What always stuck in my mind when I played "Morrowind" was that Vivec's palace was empty when our characters finally were able to explore it; it was like a symbol for the province of Morrowind, a building whose glory years were long past. It's unfortunate that the Dunmer are rootless now, but they're also freer.

I'm in the process of finishing a quest in "Skyrim" that mentions what happened to the Telvanni.