Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-26693897-20150731155016

Dalaar the Snowcat wrote: It was indeed Ulfric who started the war to begin with, but it was ultimately the Empire who planted the seeds of rebellion, even if they wont ever acknowledge it and just blame Ulfric for everything. That is kind of why I cant side with the Empire.... I'd like to clarify some things:

1) The Thalmor are the ones who planted the seeds of rebellion. If you read Ulfric's dossier you will find out that the Thalmor is keeping tabs on Ulfric after they released him after his interrogation and this is how they found out the deal between Ulfric and Jarl Igmund.

2) Ulfric is the reason people are arrested for worshiping Talos. Speaking to Alvor in Riverwood confirms this. He talks about how the Imperials turned the other way when it came to Talos worship, and it was clear they really didn't enforce that law on Skyrim. When you ask him why the Thalmor has a right to arrest Talos worshippers, he will say: "It's from that treaty that ended the Great War, remember, when the Emperor was forced by the Thalmor to outlaw Talos worship. We didn't pay much attention to it when I was a boy - everyone still had their little shrine to Talos. But then Ulfric and his "Sons of Skyrim" started agitating about it, and sure enough the Emperor had to crack down.". And now the Stormcloaks are saying, "We want to worship Talos" when it's their leader's fault that they can't. Now you know who to blame when you see Thalmor dragging people off in the middle of the night to be tortured at their embassy.

I said this thousands of times and I will repeat: The Stormcloaks are fighting a wrong war against the wrong enemy for the wrong reasons. You said that Ulfric does realize that the Thalmor are the real threat, so why is he not fighting against THEM instead of instigating a war with the Empire?