Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-65.96.57.229-20130711024718/@comment-7953253-20130711032019

No, you can't become Chief. But the cool thing is, if you gain the trust of Strongholds, either through the 'Forgemaster's Fingers' quest or helping a random Orc and they would spread word to the Strongholds, you would obviously gain a significant amount of access to the Strongholds. However, if you married an Orc in the Stronghold who would have to be a potential spouse E.g Borgak Steel-Heart, after being married to the Orc, you would have full access to everything in the Stronghold. Absolutely nothing would be off-limits. You would receive a key from your Orsimer spouse, granting you full access to the Stronghold and everything within, and no matter what time of day, you can always enter any part of the Stronghold and you would never be considered trespassing.

The Strongholds will be fully open to you.