Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-38.104.205.54-20140220203151/@comment-24400038-20140222204448

Dances-with-Wolves wrote: It may not have been honourable, but it was fair. Torygg new what he was getting into, it was dirty, but Ulfric won. Naturally, the Empire was all like "HELL NAWH!" and wanted him dead because morality :P

Ulfric didn't kill Elisif because he isn't a monster. Ulfric went there solely for the purpose of challenging High King Torygg for the throne. In a way, both parties can be considered as such. Ulfric was power hungry and wanted the throne, while the High Queen and co. turned a blind eye to the honour code per se of a duel and persecuted him.

No one's perfect, eh? Really, really long subject anybody?

I personally see it as dishonorable to use a shout in a dual. When starting with the Companions, any use of magic and they automatically disqualify you. I would consider shouts to be the same category, thus should not be used in single combat for honorable purposes. (If only I posted this roughly 7 hours before you).

It was not fair. If I challenge you to a brawl, boxing terms, and when we get close I pull out a dagger and stab you in the gut, it is dishonorable and very, very unfair. The Empire refused to see it as honorable single combat because Ulfric's use of the Thu'um was very dishonorable.