User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-4683558-20120815215801/@comment-3202167-20120816180617

Any if you guys did Thieves guild jobs?

One of the characters you meet is a Altmer. The reason the Dark Elves get treated badly is because they are incredibly Naive and too cocky/proud. They dont realize it, so they stay in the slums. She on the other, knows what she is doing and is doing pretty good, actually.

And The Empire are thalmor puppets. I support the the Stormcloaks.

Also, in the end it is up to the Emperor/who ever is in charge. Tulius is probably just stalling and lying to the people.

Besides, since my character is a evil bastard and is a Nord, Stormcloaks have more benifits for him. Both ways I would join them tho.