User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-7953253-20130505074859/@comment-6573099-20130506234900

1: Regarding my point as to the regarding of race, the arguement could be made that the developers cut corners with the placement of races, but I was more refering to his dialogue with the protagonist being the same regardless of race.

2: the Emperor being dead is not yet canon, and try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, or at least give readers a heads up.

3:the reason they cannot fight the thalmor is because they are mired in this war with the storncloaks, who by succeding from the empire would only weaken her farther, and speaking of, lets recap how weak the empire is at this point.

High Rock: one of the last remaining provinces in the official empire, orcish soldiers, though strong, make up only a small part of the legion.

Hammerfell: longer part of the empire, staying to itself, but left alone by thalmor.

Skyrim:self explanatory

Morrowind: greatly weakened by Argonion invasion, not a large part of the legion

blackmarsh (also makes up part of southern morrowind): not longer part of empire

Elswyr: controlled by aldmeri dominion, therefore unable to fight back due to support and rule

valenwood: controlled by aldmeri dominion, unable to fight back due to support and rule

summerset isles: self explanatory

4: how would nords, armed with mostly close ranged axes and swords with few skilled bowmen, be able to stand a chance alone against the thalmor, predominently magic users, able to conjure atronachs and hurl fireballs and turn the stormcloaks own soldiers against them with illusion magic? and wouldn't the same "unmapped" theory for the isles apply to the stormcloaks as well?

But not the arguement, it is whether the stromcloaks are right. I believe this is untrue, you,dark Omen believe it is, let us agree to disagree.