User blog comment:Closednick101/On the matter of Shouting/@comment-6881629-20130629094749/@comment-4686961-20130629225606

@AzuraKnight, Ulfric and Troygg may have had a mutual respect for each other, but he and his wife were both loyal to the Empire. He may have considered it, but I think he would've taken his wife's opinion into account and it took her 2 losses to submit to Ulfric (I played the Stormcloak side so I remember her loss vividly). Also, you assume Ulfric immediately shouted Troygg to death without fighting or pleading his case. I immagine it lasted a while with Troygg remaining firm on his possition, but ultimately losing. Then Ulfric used his shout to give Troygg the quick, honorable death he deserved. I believe it pained Ulfric, but it was the only way to free Skyrim. Also, a duel and a brawl aren't the same. A brawl is a fight until someone goes to the ground and a duel is to the death and allows lethal force (spells, shouts, weapons, etc).