User blog comment:Madman97/Blog Critic: Why the Stormcloaks are right/@comment-3524435-20131205201549/@comment-24256580-20131206010501

Let's imagine that scenario. Ulfric Stormcloak approaches Torygg and suggests that they rebel against the Empire. What happens then?

A- He uses that Talos-given charisma of his on the High King, convincing Torygg for the Stormcloak cause. They decide to rebel jointly. However, if you listen to a lot of NPCs, Torygg was only a so-so king. A lot of them express their boredom with his long speeches esp, if you wander around the Bard's College. His wiki page mentions no real feats of valor, nothing vaguely Nord heroish. There's a good chance Ulfric would've won over the people anyway thanks to his charismatic prescence. Thus maybe he could've become High King thanks to popular support, without bloodshed.