User blog comment:Harold Burned-Mane/The Truth about Ulfric Stormcloak/@comment-5700881-20131108114507/@comment-17114085-20131127002739

It was from this Wiki, this is from the UESP: "In 4E 176 Igmund, the son of the deposed Jarl, promised Ulfric Stormcloak free worship of Talos in exchange for putting down the rebellion and retaking the Reach." in the Forsworn page. So you are wrong it was Igmund both sites say so.

In Skyrim Titus shows how he has changed, he faces death bravely. But he was still a wuss back in the Great War, he didn't try to negotiate for better terms, he just surrendered.

What you must understand is that Talos is the greatest hero of Skyrim, to the Nords he shows just how great humanity is(because one of them became a god while no elf has ever become a god). Worshipping Talos was a prideful thing, Nords were proud of calling themselfs Talos worshippers. SO when the Talos ban happened some, of course, were fine with worshipping in secret while some were not(because they didn't like the fact that it was banned/illegal).

Ok we'll agree to disagree on the Torygg thing.

What you must realise is that Gameplay does not equal lore, as such the siege of Whiterun probably happened very diferrently acording to lore. First of is the Fact that the Walls of Whiterun, eventhough they are old, are still tall/sturdy and standing, not like they are represented in-game. Secondly is the fact that the gate wouldn't be unlocked during a siege, its idiotic that it was, but there wasn't much bethesda could do(as Skyrim and Whiterun are in 2 diferrent world spaces), if it was locked the Stormcloaks would have to break it down(not possible as they are 2 diferent world spaces, so a door is needed to connect the two). From these two facts we can draw up two conclusions: 1)In-game the siege weapons were useless; 2)in lore they would have been essential.

Attacking the Summerset Isles without the whole of Tamriel to back you IS suicide(unless you have inside help). The Dominion can't invade Skyrim without invading either Hammerfell/Cyrodiil/High Rock, as sea invasion is unlikely to succede. Also Stormcloak Skyrim would have Hammerfell/High Rock ,atleast, in an alliance with them. Also stormcloaks are more likely to be able to ally with the Dunmer then the Empire, as the empire screwed them over twice while the Nords have helped them(gave them Solstheim). Another thing is the fact that the Dominion's armies are smaller then they were back in the Great War, while the humans have fully recovered(this is the reason the Thalmor want the Empire to fight the Nords in Skyrim to weaken their numbers).

Alduin was never a world ending threat, he would just have killed everyone in Skyrim(or enslaved them) and eaten the souls of all Nords. Not a big deal right?

True Dwemer were arrogant. But like i said its extremely unlikely for any race to abandon religion. Again in TES universe its proven that Gods and God-like beings exist hard to ignore them when the Daedric Princes keep invading Tamriel and causing a lot of trouble. If the existance of God( or Gods) was proven in our world then mostly everyone would become super religious(especially because of the "be good or go to hell" aspect of alot of many religions).

Talos guide you