User blog comment:The Usual Thinker/Is Nordic Culture too violent to get anything done effectively without fighting over it?/@comment-4057437-20120511053254

How do you know Ulfric didn't ask Toryyg to secede from the Empire first? Ulfric may have shouted Toryyg to death after being abused/threatened by him, we just aren't told.

All similar Warrior cultures were just as violent, or even more so. It wasn't until the Rennasance that the so-called "Knightly" code of conduct appeared.