User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-6044976-20131228125415/@comment-6044976-20140109120031

It wasn't really a duel, Ufric shouted almost immediatly after Torygg accepted, then Ulfric killed Torygg while he was incapacitated. So tell me how was the duel as you describe it "nice and legal"?

What the Imperial would of realised is that Ulfric never intended to have a nice and legal duel with Torygg, all along he simply wanted Torygg dead. The reason Ulfric challenged him was so he could kill Torygg without any consequences, not have to fight all the guards and because if Torygg declined he would appear a coward, weak and unfit to rule. Torygg had no choice but to accept.

So Ulfric only used the whole nordic challenge thing so that Torygg couldn't back down or flee and because no could interfere.