User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-193.12.239.180-20130914200011/@comment-193.12.239.180-20130916174748

Don't really know how to make a blog on the wiki

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But one thing that could be added to the eventual blog is that people acctually didn't start to get punnished for Talos worshippers until Ulfric started to stir up the question.

This is pointed out by Rikke and Alvar....the blacksmith guy in riverwood. Everyone worshipped Talos at shrines and nobody really cared but after the Markarth incident the Thalmor caught wind (The Reach being reconquered by Nords isnt exactly something thats gonna stay in Skyrim forever)

An alternative theory is that the Thalmor just decided to set up in Skyrim to sow dissent between the Empire and Skyrim in order to weaken them / incite the rebllion or war whatever you want to call it