Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-26896471-20150918191810

Shigeru Thalmor Slayer wrote: Diinfothur wrote: Belyn Hlaalu does lives in the Grey Quarter!! It is obvious why Ulfric allows a dunmer or argonian player to live outside of the Grey Quarter, he only allows you if you have: retrieved the jagged crown, helped invade whiterun, helped reclaim Falkreath, Hjaalmarch, The Reach and Haafingar, helped invade Solitude and killed General Tullius. It is also obvious that not too many dunmer could do that. The Dragonborn is an exception to all rules. You can enter Windhelm as an Argonian and join the Stormcloaks as well as enter all cities as a Khajiit without being stopped by the guards.

The Altmer are also an exception to the 'rule'. As are Angrenor and SIlda, both Nords and the only two beggars in a city where supposedly only the Dark Elves are downtrodden. Obviously game mechanics are part of the reason the Dragonborn doesn't really have a problem in Windhelm, but you can't use game mechanics as a way to dismall all arguments.