Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.72.49.241-20130930130812/@comment-186.59.10.48-20170224164513

Despite being a Stormcloak in all but one of my playthroughs, there are a couple of things I dislike about Ulfric, such as his impulsive nature, perhaps his ego (although this is debatable) and his tolerance of racism and xenophobia displayed by Nords in Windhelm against Argonians and mostly Dark Elves. However, I disagree with everyone who calls him a murderer. A duel is an ancestral Nord tradition, which Torygg accepted. Yes, perhaps Ulfric was too extreme in his handling of the business, especially considering Torygg was way younger and less experienced than him. But with all due respect, I even disagreee with those who say Ulfric was wrong in using the Thu'um. The Thu'um, despite being an incredible advantage over an enemy, is a fair advantage, since you can only achieve it through training and hard work. It is only an unfair advantage if you are the Dragonborn, and can use it whenever you please without as much as a little bit of training (then again, you do have to kill a dragon to be capable of doing this). Claiming Ulfric had no right to use the Thu'um is like claiming a man who has had a harder training than another doesn't have the right to fight the less trained man. I personally agree with everything Ulfric stands for, but this discussion, I believe, transcends this matter. Ulfric won rightfully, and denial of this killed an innocent Nord. I shall always admire both Roggvir and Torygg for his bravery, the first one for disobeying senseless orders for what he believed, and the latter for accepting a challenge he knew he wasn't gonna win, and having the bravery to fight a man he looked up to.