User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-24.127.149.128-20120714023416/@comment-3472264-20120717184435

@Anon Tullius did not corrupt or manipulate Balgruuf, all he did was send him messages recommending that he allow Imperial Troops to be stationed in Whiterun because of an impeding Stormcloak attack. Afterwards they are promptly pulled out for the most part and the city is left in the hands of Balgruuf and the Whiterun guard and Balgruuf returns to a mostly neutral standpoint on the war.