Joining the Stormcloaks

Joining the Stormcloaks is a quest in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. 

Overview

 * Prerequisites: N/A.
 * Quest Giver: Varies.
 * Reward: Stormcloak Armor and membership into the Stormcloaks faction.
 * Next Quest: The Jagged Crown

Objectives

 * Speak with Galmar Stone-Fist
 * Travel to The Serpent Stone
 * Kill an Ice Wraith
 * Take the Stormcloak oath.

Walkthrough
There are several ways to join the Stormcloaks. The player can get the quest to join the Stormcloaks if he or she chooses to follow Ralof during the tutorial quest. Before entering Helgen Keep, the player may choose to enter with either Ralof or Hadvar. If entering with Ralof, the player automatically receives the quest, after leaving the keep. If entering with Hadvar, kill him once you leave the keep. The player has the option of either going to Windhelm and talking to Ulfric Stormcloak or talking to farmers and Stormcloak soldiers to activate the quest. After receiving the quest, travel to Windhelm and find a building called the Palace of the Kings. Speak to Ulfric, and he sends the player to Galmar Stone-Fist. Galmar asks that the player prove their worth by traveling to The Serpent Stone and killing an Ice Wraith. Leave the palace and travel north. The Serpent Stone is located on a floating iceberg in the middle of the sea near the end of the map (north of Windhelm, east of Winterhold). Kill the Ice Wraith and travel back to Galmer. He will asks the player to recite the oath. Recite the oath and become a Stormcloak.

Bugs

 * Sometimes when you report back to Galmar Stone-Fist he still repeats the things he said to you before you killed the Ice Wraith, making you do it over again.
 * Not allowing you to complete while trying to make peace between Imperials and Stormcloaks while doing the Season Unending Quest will not allow you to speak to Ulfric and Galmar will repeat the same thing without sending you to kill another one. Fixed with 1.4 Patch Update.