Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-17114085-20141117160447

Rigid Generic wrote: Sebidee wrote: I also don't think it's fair of you to say that Ulfric was a coward because he fled Solitude. What was he supposed to do? Stay and be killed by imperial soldiers? Of course he should have stayed and be killed. In a land of Imperial rule, you can't just use an old Nordic traditional form of duelling to back up the fact that you murdered the High King in cold blood. Plus, do we ever hear anyone other than Ulfric's biased perspective that this was, indeed, an honourable duel? Go to solitude, talk with any member of the Court there. They all back up the fact that Ulfric challenged Torrygg to a duel and defeated him. Or better yet talk with Torrygg in Sovngard, he also backs up Ulfric's story of challenging him to a duel.

Like others have said above it may be that in the eyes of the Imperials it was murder, but to the Nords it was a valid duel and in Skyrim what matters is what the Nords think, as they are the majority of the populace. You can believe whatever you like but whatever your opinion is it doesn't change the fact that because Torrygg accepted his challenge the duel was legitimate and thus is not legally murder in Skyrim.