User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-1840877-20120819104842/@comment-2022867-20120820022640

The inaction is probably because most of the male population, along with a good chunk of the female population, are casualties during the war. I would imagine almost all of the able bodied male population would of fought along with the spit-fire females, and I remember reading a book in-game that estimated casualties around half. Those left after the concordate were either officers, or grunts who just wanted it to end, nords and all. Those who still openly fought were probably hunted down by the Thalmor like the Blades. The only ones left are the surviver's children, who after 26 years are just coming of the age to fight.

It's taken so long because there just arn't many soldiers yet, and a civil war is not going to help recruitment....again I don't dissagree with Ulfric, I just think he's rushing things and making it worse. Unfortunatly it's the sons who have to finish their father's war.

If Ulfric wasn't such a bigot, and could reach an agrrement somehow to be independent, yet allies to the empire I would be a stormcloak. Regettebly such is not the case.