Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26896471-20151004125025

Draevan13 wrote: To be fair, there's no proof Ulfric killed Torygg for honorable or dishonorable reasons. All he have is people's word and speculation on the matter. Imperials says dishonorable, Stormcloaks say honorable, and both sides are probably just self-serving without really caring why he did it. Well said. We covered this earlier in the debate. I think the consensus was a legitimate duel won by dishonourable means. Torygg says that he faced Ulfric, implying he was challenged as opposed to being simply walked up to and killed. To that extent, as is largely testified by dialogue, there was nothing illegal about the premise of the duel. Shouting him down is no doubt dishonourable, but it was likely a show of strength. And anyway, regardless of the duel's legitimacy, the war is sympomatic of divisions already existing in Skyrim over the WGC and Talos Worship. Trouble was largely inevitable. The cause of the war is not as significant as Skyrim's ability to defend itself in a future war with the Thalmor.