User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120707164515/@comment-5135631-20120710110412

@TheEpicShot, don't criticize the anon on grammar, as in your own longer posts you often lack paragraphing.

I would also add that most races other than the Nords Ulfric treats fine. Redguards, Bretons, hell, even Imperials are treated fine in his city, just look at Leonato, the author guy and Quintus Navale, Viola Giardinio. He even lets Altmer in the city, Niranye and Nurelion. It's the same in other Stormcloak cities.

Some Dunmer have properly assimilated themselves into Windhelm and face little prejudice, such as the bard in Candelheath Hall. If you want to really know what's happening in Windhelm, just talk to Belyn Hlaalu in the Grey quarter. He will tell you that the best way to win the Nord's respect is hard work, and he works hard. He runs a farm which helps the city, and I respect him. However, other Dunmer only actually work for themselves, and show no gratitude to the Nords for letting them into Windhelm when they could have just left them to starve and freeze. Go to refugee's rest, it has a list of all the Jarls who let the Dunmer in their lands and opened their arms to them.

People say Dunmer are sequestered to the Grey Quarter, but there is no proof to suggest this is Ulfric's fault. It could have always been that way. Of course there will be a couple of drunken Nord racists who give Argonians and Dunmer a hard time, but I've only spotted two, one a begger, the other a drunk, so this does not represent Stormcloaks as a whole, especially considering how neither of them are in the Stormcloaks, though Argenor was one before he was injured.

Surely you are aware of the current war in Morrowind between the Dunmer and the Argonians? Letting both groups into the city would create conflict. I think of it as an immigration cap. If the Dunmer love complaining so much, maybe they should actually work like the Argonians. If it was up to me, I would let the Argonians in but kick out some Dunmer. The Dunmer were notorious slave holders until now, of every race, so I don't think it's too unfortunate they live in a bit of squalor.

How are Nords taking their patriotism too far by fighting for their independence, and for the rightful High King? If anything, they're doing the right thing by fighting for freedom from a corrupt and now weak Empire, which is heavily influenced by Elven Fascists. Rebellions are rare in the Empire, particularly in Skyrim, traditionally one of the most loyal and arguably the most powerful of the Empire's colonies, so the Empire really must have angered the people of Skyrim.

I can understand the Emperor signing a peace treaty, I get that. What I don't understand is how, especially considering the fact humans grow a lot faster than Elves and at that point still had control of 4 countries (5 if you count Orsinium) and fresher troops than the Dominion (though probably less, but they could be reinforced more easily than the Dominion's troops), coupled with the advantage of home ground, did not have the imagination or courage to negotiate more reasonable terms. They had just come off the back of a brilliant victory in Cyrodill, and it was proven later that one province could fight off the Dominion by itself, so why did Titus not think that he might possibly anger his oldest colony by outlawing the most popular god in the Empire, and certaintly in Skyrim?

Giving ground to the Dominion in peacetime is only going to make them stronger when war does inevitably come, so if I was the Emperor, I would send home the Imperial troops, let Ulfric become High King, and then ally with him a few years later.