User blog comment:Draevan13/Poll: United or Divided Tamriel?/@comment-9062114-20131110234630/@comment-1600847-20131111000652

Really? I've never heard that, and I've played through as a Stormcloak on several occasions. I might just have missed it, though. But teaming up with humans would be a great thing.

What I wonder and have often pondered is this: What if Tiber Septim hadn't been a human? What if he'd been an Argonian, or a Khajiit or, God forbid, an Elf? Imagine that had been the only difference: still a brilliant strategist, master of the Thu'um, but an Elf. Would the Nords still have followed him? I highly doubt it, at least not as quickly as they did. They pledged themselves to Tiber after he kicked their asses at Sancre Tor, but I think the reason they followed him wasn't because he was brilliant or anything, but because he was a Nord and the idea of a Nord-ruled Tamriel appealed to them greatly.

Just food for thought, as it would apply here too. I'm sure the Stormcloaks would gladly go for another Nord-centric Empire instead of a united Tamriel.