User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! (Part2)" Refuted/@comment-10906938-20131220005144/@comment-9062114-20131220010115

You're misinterpreting what "gameplay doesn't equal lore" means. It means stuff like gmaeplay stuff like how combat works, how NPCs move, etc don't necessarily apply to lore. It doesn't mean stuff NPCs say don't apply to lore. That makes no sense.

Galmar sent you on a mission to kill an Ice Wraith just to join, so obviously it is true. And he did reference that he does this, so it doesn't look to be gameplay exclusive.