User blog comment:Cyrice1/Stormcloaks or Imperials/@comment-1889545-20120707191537

I have several reasons for joining up with the Imperials but the majority are long winded so unless anyone asks, I won't put them down. The simplest reason I have is that almost every jarl I hate at the start I dislike or feel they are pathetic are on the stormcloak side (the only ones that break the rule are Maven when she replaces Laila, but as she points out she was jarl in all but name, and the current jarl of Falkreath) and I dislike the replacement Jarls for the Stormcloaks. On the other hand, every Jarl I like supports the empire. There is no way I am going to depose Igmund, Balgruuf or Idgrod and the replacements for each stormcloak city are better (minus Riften but see aforementioned Maven point).