Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-24075086-20150808180455

Draevan13 wrote: Phantasys wrote: The empire must've not cared enough to ever get to letting him join...the stormcloaks must've signed him up right away. After all if the DB joins before he's even known as the DB there's no reason for them to deny anyone else.

I've heard this argument multiple times. It's most likely because if Bethesda had denied you entry to a faction unless you were a Nord, players would have lost their shit :P What other explanation is there lorewise? You can't just claim "because bethesda" when you don't have an explanation. Otherwise I can just say the only reason the imperials didn't kill you on sight (what they would logically do as they remember you for the chopping block) was because bethesda didn't want to deny entry into the faction.