User blog comment:ShawnCognitionCP/The Empire vs Stormcloaks, the most likely answer/@comment-24728100-20140613040954/@comment-24728100-20140613233022

I'm not sure what you consider greedy about Ulfric, that would denote he's doing something for selfish reasons, but we know from his character that being high king was not something he personally wanted.

If he were truly greedy, caring only for what he wanted, he would have stayed at High Hrothgar and become a greybeard while all his people were fighting and dying in the great war, but we know this was not the case, he gave up all he had ever wanted to fight for his peoples freedom from the dominion, and he continues to fight because the freedom he fought for was stolen at the negotiation table.

The empire could have simple left eastmarch allone as it's own independant kingdom, but the Thalmor presured the empire to end the rebellion by force, sending soldiers who attacked and ambushed those who flocked to Ulfrics Banner, this lead up to the confrontation with Torygg who supported this action. Some person said Torygg may have joined Ulfrics cause if asked again, but this is the very person who was responcible for imperial troops waging war in Skyrim (granted torygg was a puppet king and had no real power under imperial rule, but that was the point).

Some decry the challenge between Ulfric and Torygg unfair and thus Ulfric cheated... well, Torygg knew the risk and still accepted, it was a lawful challenge in line with Skyrims traditions, the witnesses of the court agree, Elisif called it a murder, but she, through dialogue with her, doesn't care for or even know much about Nord tradition.

So there you have it, A man who gave up all he wanted for his people's freedom... surely he is the epitome of the word greedy -'J