Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-1600847-20150808220720

I don't blame the Empire for wanting to execute the Dragonborn. In their place, I'd have executed Ulfric and anyone he was caught with too.

"But you weren't on the list!" Maybe you'd just joined up with the rebels and the Empire hadn't found out yet. In Tullius' shoes, I'd have acted the same, and likely Ulfric would have done the same had the positions been reversed. Besides, it's not like the Legion keeps trying to kill you after you've definitively proven you're not a Stormcloak.