User blog comment:Longdead97/Ulfric's war effort & gaining support. Smart move or no?/@comment-173.189.226.12-20130327014421/@comment-80.216.216.52-20130329080003

No, that was always Reachmen culture.

Read legend of the red eagle, they all venerate Hagravens.

It is not "a few bad apples", it's the majority of them though some hide it more then others.

They made sacrificial ritual killings part of their culture long before Nords had done much of anything.

Well, being peaceful doesn't have much value on it's own for everyone and especially not when there could at any moment be attacks by Daedra/Daedra worshippers or any number of other threats.

Also Nordic afterlife requires fighting, so yeah.