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Another thing, on a topic i missed that was in the last thread, who struck the first blow. Zipper said it was the Empire because of the Markarth Incident, Draevan says its the Stormcloaks for the death of Torygg, and that the Empire just arrested Ulfric and the Militia so it didn't count. Well i highly doubt that Ulfric and the Militia surrendered  peacefully when the Legion came to arrest them, so logically they would have fought. Back then the Militia was small and under supplied they would have easily lost to the far better equipped Legion, the fight probably did cause the deaths of some militiamen. Or else the citizens of Eastmarch wouldn't have called for blood like they did when Ulfric's sentence was over and he returned to Windhelm and the citizens put him on the throne of Jarl.