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Thanks!

It's something I've always wondered. Why are the insides of the Telvanni Towers so dark? I can understand the outside being darker because of the ashes, and I do know that there are many darker brown mushrooms. But there are also many mushrooms are actually white or other light colors on the inside when they are fresh. And there are soooo many colors to be found with many strains of fungi. And some fungi do age to darker colors once picked, but are these Telvanni towers still alive? There are a lot of beautiful texture packs out there for the Telvanni (and I love them as well), but since I don't know how to create a mod myself, I was wondering if there was anyone who could help with some lighter Telvanni interiors? Another thought that came across my mind, is why do the Telvanni use normal lanterns? They grown mushroom houses, surely they could grow those glowing mushrooms to light the place up?

Well, if you take into account that the Oblivion Crisis also starts with an Emperor's assassination, I can imagine they wouldn't want to rehash that (finding the heir, etc). But surely there are alternative scenarios :) and yes, there are more questions and good points by the other posters as well Perhaps I've thought too much about it, but as you said, it's more noticeable since it's a big thing...

Although there was one thing I always wondered. Why is there no impact after the Emperor is killed (or not killed) ? If he was indeed assassinated wouldn't there be rather strong repercussions on the whole civil war? Some sign other than the occassional guard comment. Why wouldn't it have an impact on the civil war questiline? It would be a great coup for the Stormcloaks. "We killed your king, so we win" or something like that. Or set off new questlines for example, maybe new treaties with the Thalmor (or boot them out, or not), kick out straggler Imperialists etc. etc. Is Ulfric's spy network (not to mention the Empire's hush hush crew being incapable) so weak it wouldn't receive news like that? (not like every guard talks about it) Why is the General more important than the Emperor? Or, maybe an alternative depending on who you are aligned with, ie assassinate Ulfric instead of the Emperor. And, if you've killed the Emperor in the DB questline, but haven't done civil war yet, what impact would that have on the truce meeting with the Dragonborn (to deal with dragons instead of civil conflict)? Well ok, I guess it was more than one thing :)