Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-7186989-20130513180616/@comment-78.144.202.97-20130606210529

Imperials in Skyim were the "bad guys", and they were playable. Also, Orcs were actually really evil and annoying until Morrowind, when they could be played, so it should make sense that is Imperials aren't playable, then Orcs aren't either - and Orcs are, so I'm just going to assume that Imperials are playable.

I don't even like Imperials, so I don't know why I care.