Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-109.92.245.62-20131121212935/@comment-25908307-20141222104200

The part where it mentions about Helgen being an exception to their 'hands-off' policy', what did they mean, exactly?

I can think of two things right off the bat:

- They had an ambush party waiting somewhere to give Ulfric a chance to escape.

- They were responsible for Alduin's appearance in Skyrim.

Both scenarios, in my opinion, are valid. On the former, they are quite crafty buggers, they can make it look like it was the stormcloaks' doing, and on the latter, they dabble with magic and stuff.. it's a little too convenient for Alduin to just appear at the same place where Ulfric is about to be exeuted. I must point out that I haven't delved deep on The Elder Scrolls mythos, so, If my scenarios run counter to the canons, I apologize.