User blog comment:Longdead97/Ulfric's war effort & gaining support. Smart move or no?/@comment-5558140-20130324032553

it would be a good idea, but Ulfric's short-sightedness is something that often plays against him, as well as his prejudice towards non-nords. he would have also have had to control the reach to begin with in order to even speak with Madanach, whose current imprisonment is partially due to Ulfrics actions. even assuming that Madanach was willing to overlook these discrepancies, Ulfric's own nature would deter any notion of an alliance with a former enemy. although depicted as a noble and inspiring figure, he is also shown to have heavy prejudices against non-nord races. Ulfrics view is that skyrim is for the nords, and only the nords. whereas the reachmen see that they should also rule themselves independently, taking a large chunk of skyrim with them if they did. combine years of bitter resentment, hedge magic, and guerilla warfare, and you've got forsworn who hate the nords as much as the nords hate the elves.