User blog comment:Longdead97/Ulfric's war effort & gaining support. Smart move or no?/@comment-1600847-20130327230238/@comment-1600847-20130328161354

Except no one knew Ulfric could use the Thu'um. If you and I agree to a fistfight and I pull out a gun and shoot you, you're telling me that's honorable? No, it's not. Not at all. When Torygg agreed to the duel, he thought it was melee combat, swords and axes and the like. How Nords usually fight a duel. What Ulfric did was dishonorable. I'm certain he'd have won either way, but the fact he didn't fight an honorable duel is the difference between a Nord tradition and murder.

And Ulfric's actions in Season Unending could easily have been him playing a part. Actors do it all the time.

There's no way to know for sure if he's truly a patriotic Nord hero seeking freedom for Skyrim or a power-seeker taking advantage of the times to rise to power. We can argue and bicker until the sun burns out, we simpy can't know for sure which is which. We both have our opinions based on the game. You think he's a hero, I think he's a power-seeker. Until the next TES game comes out, we only have our opinions. How about we agree to disagree and move on?