Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-993964-20161102153041

The Beautiful Princess Ashley wrote: one of the reasons i side with the empire is because ulfric is a power hungry warmonger. he claims to fight for religious freedom, but this is nonsense, as he did not allow the Forsworn their religious freedom. he claims to fight for the people of skyrim, but this is also bullshit, for if he loved skyrim, he wouldn't tear it apart with a civil war. he's only waging this war to become high king. 1. The Forsworn don't just want religious freedom, they want the Reach. Is Ulfric suppose to stand by and let the Empire give away one of Skyrim's most profitable Holds to appease an usurper people? Would your country give away a city in your nation because they don't want to fight for it? 2. He's not just in it to be high king. If he was, there are less dangerous ways of being High King than declaring war on the Aldmeri Dominion and the Empire. Even if he claims the throne alledgly because of his ego as you imply, it'd be foolish to do it in this manner as now he has to defend his kingdom and his crown, putting a target on his back. Saying he started the civil war out of vanity is baloney. The reason he started this Civil War is because the Empire's politiking is enabling the Thalmor to persecute his people while continue to reap the benefits of gaining revenue from Skyrim through taxes and not have to defend the populace's right from a foreign government.