User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-200.152.225.183-20120629171956

Well, in this discussion must people forgot the basics.. this is a Role Playing game.

My character is not evil, nor racist, nor xenophobic. He had never commited a crime, and was leaving a destroyed Cyrodill in order to look for a better life in his ancestral homeland (Yes he is a Nord). Yet he was captured, beaten and sent to the block without even a fair trial. His name wasn't even on the list. Does he have a reason to hate the empire? What do you think?

Is he escaping Helgen with the one who sent him to the block or with the one who helped him once Alduin attacked?

Joining the Stormcloaks seemed just fair. The Empire seemed not only weak, but corrupt. Are the Stormcloaks perfect? Hell no. But in a conflit, nobody is perfect.

My character is not a politician. He really wasn't aware of all that when he decided to join the Stormcloaks. And yet he helped Ulfric in his claims, but still think he can contribute to Skyrim's cause if he is able to counterbalance the xenophobic pattern of the stormcloaks, as he is not only a hero of the civil war... he happens to be the Dragonborn too.