Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24587225-20150902024621/@comment-26893431-20180727213159

Dolphin8 wrote: Those who say that Ulfric is a Thalmor agent are... incorrect. The Thalmor call him an asset because at one point they could manipulate him well. Now, they can't, because he figured out he was being manipulated and is angry about it. They didn't manipulate him, they outright collaborated with him.

He used to be a Thalmor agent, right now he's just upset because they stabbed him in the back.