User blog comment:Harold Burned-Mane/Answering some criticism against the Stormcloaks/@comment-5650580-20130913163337

This is one of those topics that gets everyone into rage because each of us have are own views and opinions on Tamriel.

IMO-...

The Imperials for the win. I was fooled into thinking that the Stormcloaks where the way to go on my first playthrough, but as soon as I walked into Windhelm- I could seriouslt sense the tension and racism in the air.

Sure, Bethesda was lazy, but, that still doesn't mean that a lot of the Stormcloaks are not racist. Ulfric, a lot of supporters, e.t.c are blatently racist to any other race- more so the Dumner and Argonians.

Another point is that we don't know miuch about Ulfric AT ALL! I for one think that he only wants to get his mitts on the High-King's throne. I even heard some ideas about how Ulfric may have some arrangement with The Thalmor, which invloved causing this Civil War and weakening the Empire.

And in response to your other point; Skyrim without The Empire would only cause ruin and destruction. The Thalmor have played both sides, and they are much more powerful then the Empire and the Stormcloaks combined. If Skyrim was free of the Empire- The Thalmor would be able to crush it in a matter of months or two-three years.

Another reason why I like the Empire is because they want to worship Talos, Talos founded the Empire- and all of the Imperials/Empire know of this; they are just following orders so they can keep the Thalmor at bay for a little longer.

And that is exactly what Skyrim should do, they should worship Talos in their own time and then go on about their day like they don't know who Talos is. The Stormcloaks only added more fuel to the fire, they could of easily just shut up and got on with their lives instead of killing thousands of people trying to legalise the worship of Talos.

Saying all High Elves are mages is silly, a lot of Thalmor fight and are very damn well good at it. They just know a lot of magic at the side. Saying Altmer aren't used to Skyrim's climate is silly as well- I play a Bosmer, and he does fine in Skyrim. He doesn't get cold, he doesn't need supplies...

I've seen many different Legion Armor and Weaponry. The Stormcloaks may be more varried, but, that still doen't give them anadvantage.

This is why I hate talking about this subject- It just causes drama-llama. You are a good man Harold, and I like your blogs- but, I have to state that I disagree with you in a lot of factors. This is just my opinion and you're more then welcome to prove me wrong because I may not know some of my lore as well as the next man/woman.

The real threat here is The Thalmor; The Empire and The Stormcloaks are sadly just pawns in the large chess game that the Altmer are setting up for. ;)