Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-120.28.157.86-20140406014559/@comment-26893431-20170220114709

103.245.88.253 wrote: The "weak" stormcloaks with dragonborn is able to match the empire's legionnaire + whiterun's guard. Or put it in imperial's side, the "weak" stormcloaks attacks whiterun but the empire with addition of whiterun's guard needs the dovahkin to clean their mess. Looks to me its a evenly match army but the dovahkin is the one to decides who wins.

Whiterun doesnt backs the empire unless ulfric attacks. But he also wont support ulfric against the empire. ( This indirectly causes a blockade between the 2 army. )

The legionnaire have always been around, its a wonder how fast the stormcloak could master a rebellion to even challenge the empire and they did it. The nords must be really mad with the thalmors roaming in their land. Actually, if you remove Rikke and Hadvar, along with yourself, from the battle on the Imperial side, 9/10 times, the Stormcloaks only have 20% of their forces left when reaching the gates, sometimes they even get entirely beaten just by the Whiterun Guard and Imperial Soldiers.

The Dovahkiin doesn't participate in the CW to begin with, unless if specified he did.

And Whiterun will back the Empire regardless because Ulfric's planning an attack on it.

Nope, it's just that Ulfric's petty millitia had already been formed in 4E 175 or prior and has been mustering ever since.