Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-31.214.119.219-20131211182853

Ahem, Anonymous here signing in. I'm with the Empire no matter how imperfect they seem to be. I'm not going to argue about whether or not the SC's are racist, nor whether is Ulfric's intentions are truly as noble as he claims, or if he just wants to take the throne for himself.

I mean, think about it, here we have the Empire, in all its glory, losing the great war against the Thalmor. Keep in mind that skyrim, and all of its warriors, is only a part of the EoT. If Ulfric does retake skyrim for the nords, do you think that:

A- The Thalmor are going to allow the Nords to worship Talos in peace? And that the remaining Nords can stand up for themsleves dare the Dominion strike?

B- That Skyrim can be self-reliant without the resources it gets via trade with the rest of the Empire? Most farmers in Skyrim can barely keep their farms productive enough, as is.

C- That the working class in skyrim, consisting mostly of other "lesser" races, will tolerate Ulfric's lack of reaction against their opressors?

(Even assuming that Ulfric himself is a goody-two-shoes who's not racist. His silence towards the issue is taken as consent by racist propaganda http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Scourge_of_the_Gray_Quarter)

D- What about Nords that sided with the Empire? Is it realistic to believe that everything will be fine and dandy for them with the Stormcloaks winning? Wasn't that dude who serves Ulfric too blood-thirsty for battle against his fellow nords?

F- If you go with Hadvar in the starter quest, His uncle will mention how the Empire didn't really enforce the ban. That everyone had a small shrine for Talos in their homes, and that Ulfrics' dumb war for Talos worship is what really forced them to be more strict about it, as Skyrim started being under the watch of the Dominion.

G- With the Empire barely standing on its own feet after the war, Ulfric had an uprising in the worst possible time for the people. With the Empire solders being occupied with the Stormcloaks, bandits and criminals flourished. There was a murderer in his own city running about that his men ignored taking care of to spend more time on warfare. If they didn't even bother with one criminal in their very hold, are they going to be able to take care of all of Skyrims citizens properly?

So, those are my 2 cents. If Ulfric used the Empires' situation in an attempt to rule Skyrim, then he is a selfish man who didn't consider the needs for its people. If Ulfric was really about defending the name of Talos and nord tradition, he could've taken into use the Dominions' apparent lax watch on Skyrim at the time and prepaired an army capable of taking them on in secret. Yet instead chose to wage a pointless war, so he's an idiot.