Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-26893431-20160511144751

WhenDovCry wrote:

I thought the Thu'um wasn't widely used because it was so hard to learn. I get your point, though - not a common weapon. Ulfric himself says he didn't need the Thu'um to kill Torygg; he was making a point with it. (Personally, I think it's akin to bringing a bazooka to a sword fight, but that's me.)

So would the duel have been considered fair if it wouldn't have happened immediately... if Torygg would have had time to prepare? Or would it be more likely the Magistrates would have prevented the duel from occurring, and ignored Ulfric's challenge entirely? I ask because Ulfric seems like an intelligent man, and it surprises me he would use a tactic that could be so easily challenged. The Thu'um recquires knowing and understanding the Dragon tongue, which is currently a skill only possesed by a select few, of which the majority are Greybeards. (excluding ordinary Dragons of course) At some point in time, the Tongues started to follow the Way of the Voice, and so the use of the Thu'um for warfare or battle basically died out. Torygg still used the Voice, that's the point.

It would have been considered fair if Ulfric had first asked for independency, that way he would've shown that he cares for the people and not for the throne.