User blog comment:Harold Burned-Mane/The Truth about Ulfric Stormcloak/@comment-7953253-20130925102203/@comment-17114085-20131003185639

Ulfric hasn't been Jarl for long, he became Jarl after he was released from imperial prison for the Markarth Incident, so really i thing he has been Jarl for like 5-10 years max(maybe less as the Markarth Incident didn't happen right away after the Great War, it never mentions however how long his imprisonement was so your guess is as good as mine)

I have argued with you many times about the argonians, the fact remains: they WANT to live in Windhelm, if they didn't they would leave, maybe go to Riften(it has quite a few argonians and much better accomidations-Haelga's Bunkhouse-) but they don't which means even though living in the assemblage is not good its better than other possible alternatives.

I never heard anyone mentioning that Ulfric helps nord travelers, only "Nord Towns" which was said by Brunwulf. Skyrim is a dangerous place to travel, the only help ANY Jarl can give to travelers is guard patrols. Other than that nothing can be done, its not like they can send a guards to hold hands with travelers skipping and singing all the way to their destination. Plus in the begining of the game the bandits kind of rule the wilderness, and even have many forts to themselfs, this only changes if the dragonborn interfers in the civil war.

About the dunmer, Ulfric asks Jorlief to tell him if something important happens. I think he means like Rolf killed a dunmer or some thefts happen or something, where something like this to happen he would have to intervene. The problem is the dunmer's complains being trivial and not an immediate problem, so he chooses to ignore them.

The dunmer nagging him about every little thing is also stupid. One, the dunmer agreed to "The Decree of Monument" so tecnically they aren't even citizens of Windhelm(this is why the Grey Quarter isn't protected by the guards) and its THEIR responsibility to maintain the Grey Quarter(its their falt it has turned into a slums, not the nords). So they have no right to keep nagging Ulfric about the condition of their Quarter.

On a side note remember the dunmer we incountered when we first visited Windhelm, yeah she IS an imperial supporter, so really the irony is Rolf was right, she may have been a spy.

Talos guide you-Harold Burned-Mane