User blog comment:4. 1. 22. 5. M97/Blog Critic: "Why the Empire should prevail over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part1)/@comment-9062114-20140103232600/@comment-1600847-20140106145233

I've heard this argument before. That's a Redguard farmer going to join up, not an Imperial. I've checked in the CK (I love having a computer for that), the race for that random encounter clearly states "Redguard", not "Redguard/Imperial".

And it'd be so much easier to believe not only Nords are in the Stormcloaks if there was one, single, lone non-Nord. I know, "gameplay doesn't equal lore", but in this case I think Bethesda did that for a reason. Look at the Imperial Legion in Skyrim: Nord, Imperial, Breton, Dunmer, Altmer and Orc members/former members. Stormcloaks: Nords and... *tumbleweed drifts by* ...

If there were only Imperial and Nord member of the Legion I'd agree with you, but Bethesda went out of their way to program in a myriad of races for the Legion. There had to be a reason why they left the Stormcloaks so barren.