User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-1600847-20121031011532/@comment-5280592-20121101142031

This long chain has reminded me of a few things:

Ulfric has never had any personal interactoin with Thalmor operatives. The closest this has come to happening was an incident in Season Unending where he told Elynwyn to leave. That could of been that she was at his execution, Galmar was right next to him, or he could of just been petty. He also has his power almost entirely because of information the Thalmor fed him.

One of his first acts as leader was challenging the guy who agrees completely with him to a duel to the death. He then shouts him to his knees and kills him, because nobody would ever question that. The only comparison would be a trained monk using something non-violent for lethal purposes challenging the local governor to a duel and then using meditation weapons to break every bone in his body before killing him, right after a war just finished a few years ago.

The game stacks the deck against the Empire. At the start of the game you&apos;re about to be killed, making most people like the Stormcloaks better. On the way to Riverwood you&apos;re invited to join the Stormcloaks, and if you actually go to Solitude people are gathering around to execute a guy for helping Ulfric(totally not to pit the player against the empire or anything). Walking along the road a guy tells you that the legion left him, and stresses the point that he did not leave them. Tulius himself is talking about lying    (a capital sin in fiction) to Balgruff about Stormcloaks waiting to attack Whiterun (even though they are).

I&apos;m reminded of my theory about Ulfric being an isolated mountain-boy as an excuse for his personality.

AI sucks because legionaires don&apos;t know how to use thier shields, so he who has the biggest weapon wins.

Saying that Ulfric faced death with dignity is laughable. Tulius did the same thing, and arguably Mede did better only because it was coming anyway. Ulfric on the other hand thought it would be a good song since the three other people in the castle would obviously share that story.

I&apos;m also reminded a bit of Hitler. Tell me if this doesn&apos;t sound familiar. A war veteran lashing out at random people for his country&apos;s defeat sees an opportunity to take power and rips it from the hands of all who already had power. One could even argue that the whole Skyrim civil war was like essentially disolving all other political parties and declaring himself "high king".

I forget what I have and haven&apos;t wrote on this topic. If you want the rest look for my post on why Ulfric can&apos;t govern.