User blog comment:4. 1. 22. 5. M97/Blog Critic: "Why the Empire should prevail over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part1)/@comment-9062114-20140103232600/@comment-1600847-20140106164544

Because he never joins. He's GOING to join, but he never ends up joining. It would have taken Bethesda all of two seconds to change his faction from "Citizen" to "Stormcloak" and change his gear from clothing to Stormcloak armor, but they don't. I think it's for a reason. The same reason there's half a dozen Imperial Legion races yet only one Stormcloak race.