Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-24075086-20150808182151

Draevan13 wrote: Phantasys wrote: The empire must've not cared enough to ever get to letting him join...the stormcloaks must've signed him up right away. After all if the DB joins before he's even known as the DB there's no reason for them to deny anyone else.

I've heard this argument multiple times. It's most likely because if Bethesda had denied you entry to a faction unless you were a Nord, players would have lost their shit :P Also it seems that the Dunmer farmer was dumb enough to show up to the blue palace instead of castle dour (which the guards specifically direct you to, in order to join the legion) so yeah...his own fault he was being kept waiting.