Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-108.34.238.226-20150112041953

I dont hate Ulfric, I even think what he's doing is right I simply disagree with his way of doing it. I dont like the way the war ended. more could have been done and even if both sides were crippled better terms could have been made at the white gold concordat. If i was the emperor i would have made it so that talos worship outside of the home was banned however i would have told them flat out i am not going tell them what they can and cannot do inside their own home and the thalmor dont have that right either, banning it everywhere else would be a even comprimise. I would have all talos shrines in skyrim taken down but allow nords to have their own shrine in their own homes. I would have also had them not have troops in skyrim, they have no right to kidnap people fromt heir homes and i would make sure to have spies everywhere to report any instances of this happening. I would have allowed an embassy with minimal guards only as a means to ensure a "friendly" relationship however the guards would not be permitted to leave the embassy unless they were leaving skyrim by boat, and i would have plenty of imperial guards watching them. this in my opinion would be a fair comprimise. now the problem i have with Ulfric is he went and started a civil war over this issue. not only is the empire still tryig to keep the dominion at bay now they have to deal with the problem of the civil war in skyrim. this is not an answer any way you look at it, this will only create more problems and unnecessary deaths. and not for nothing but even though he doesnt particularly hold any distaste for non nords he doesnt do anythign to curb the anger against them either. everything he has done has ensured the hate against him. challenging the high king was pointless and unnecessary, killing him even more so. after that trying to take over all of skyrim while severely weakening it in the process was a fools choice. what he should have done was went to see the king and talked about what could be done. show proof that the thalmor were invading and kidnapping people from their homes, get a detailed list of all their strongholds within skyrim. after that he should have gone to the king and showed this evidence to him. during the war the thalmor had a larger force however now things are different, he could have made friends where he needed to and brought the other races against the thalmor. war is not just about who has the bigger fists and who can hit the hardest, war needs as much brains as it does muscle if not more so. strategy is equally important to numbers in war and a civil war will not help his cause.