Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-26356342-20150908211339

Bronkiin wrote: I've read a couple of points made accusing the Stormcloaks of religious intolerance in the Reach. For a start, in Skyrim, the Reach is Imperial held territory. While Ulfric did suppress Reachmen during his very short stint in Markarth, he was hardly bucking the trend. if you also consider that the Reachmen's militant wing worship Hagravens, then 'oppressing the Reachmen' is put into perspective. Oh I'm not suggesting Ulfric is the root of the cause of their persecution, but to any one who tries to claim Ulfric is some kind of beacon for religious freedom, I will always point them towards the Forsworn. They have a major grasp of insurgency warfare, they follow ancient traditions and customs albeit, some rather barbaric ones, and don't recognize any power of authority. Ulfric is not trying to wage a war for tollerance of beliefs, if he was it'd be the most ironic of campaigns... I personally friggin hate the forsworn, but I'm also not trying to argue that the leader of my respective faction is a holy crusader of religious freedom. He is just using the Talos ban to further his own goals