Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26356342-20150929175921

DeletedContent wrote: Elisif shouldn't be high queen. She lacks confidence, charismsa, or leadership. However, Ulfric, the Nordic embodiment of greed, egotism, and manipulation of others, is 40 times worse in every way. Frankly, if it were up to me, I'd put Rikke in charge and be done with it. She is loyal to the Empire, she's a nord (which I couldn't give two flying f#cks about, but many nords would), she shows obvious leadership skills, she seems to be quite intellegent (not off the charts Savos Aren intellegent by any means, but deffinitely smart enough to get the job done), she isn't a nordic suppremisast (like Ulfric), and msot importantly of all, she cares about Skyrim, both the coutnry and its people (not that Elisif doesn't). The problem w/ Elisif, is that she is a blank canvas, and can be dyed to any color with ease. Maybe this works better in another discussion tho, IDK. It's by no means an excuse for her, but she is young, and her husband was just killed, and I dont think the Wives of Jarls are typically trained on how to actually run the hold. So instead, her steward handles most of the day to day and Tullius is focusing on the war and minor resource management. Her dialog suggests she at least has some idea on what needs to be done but also that it doesnt take much convinceing to sway her one way or another. So bottom line, Yeah I kinda agree she shouldnt be High Queen, but I also don't think the Kings moot would really choose her to be the next leader. My vote is for Balgruuf who was mostly neutral during the whole Civil War leading up to when the dragonborn got involved. He's a strong Nord who understands the old Nordic customs, his Housecarl is a Dunmer, his Steward is an Imperial ,and he's open minded to things like Magic.