Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4290456-20140319121732/@comment-24075086-20140905144704

HumbleDaedricServant wrote: (Note: I am not trying to start a flame war here. I am only stating my opinions. Nothing more. Anyone who will try to start a flame war will be reported immediately.)

When I fought for the Stormcloaks, it was quite tragic, even if my loyalty only lies for myself and a select few. This is so because of the phrase: 'Love your work but not your company, because you will never know when your company stops loving you.' I did hate killing Legate Rikke and General Tullius, but they left me little choice when they refused to surrender.

As for the Empire, I do believe they are fighting to preserve their way of life and maintain their governace over their people, but many of them are being warped by the thought of coin. Indeed, they are fighting for what they believe is right, but it doesn't make them any different from the Stormcloaks, as the real common enemy was the Thalmor, who was the only benefactor of the senseless civil conflict that has pitted Nord against Nord in Skyrim.

In truth, I do consider many of the Nords within the Stormcloaks racist, but I think most of them are so because they may have (most likely) misinterpreted Ulfric's words/speeches about nationalism. If Ulfric was racist and an elitist, he would have never given Niranye or the Dark Elves an home within his city's walls, or he would have never allowed the Argonians in the Windhelm docks at all. It was better to sleep indoors that in the wilderness.

The Argonians and the Dunmer have been known for their fierce hatred for one another. Separating them from each other is a wise move imo for the safety of both sides.

The reason does not justify the means. An example of this; Just because the Stormcloaks/Imperials got what they wanted (End of the War), it doesn't mean that they should have gone about doing it the way they did (Civil War).

Just before the battle at Solitude/Windhelm, I asked myself: Just how far a man would go for the sake of his beliefs? How many people with families he/she is willing to kill to sate his desires? Indeed, this (The Civil War) is an truth-laden example of man's inhumanity to man, and will give one a startling insight into how far a man will go for his beliefs. The Civil War was foretold in prophecy there was no way to avert it even if the Empire and the Stormcloaks weren't the combatants there would be a civil way of some sort in Skyrim because Alduin 's time of return must coincide with a time when the sons of Skyrim shed eachothers' blood. It can be interpreted that the war made Alduin return but it is also just as likely that the War had to happen then because Alduin's return was happening then.