Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-207.28.159.13-20151110163641/@comment-1470368-20160310172652

137.229.82.96 wrote: 98.240.210.46 wrote: The Blades of Skyrim, even though they call themselves Blades, live in a temple and serve a Dovakiin, are not the great and noble order they once were. Even though I am an Empire fanboy who thinks that the Empire is not done for (I sided with them in Skyrim and helped bring the Bretons, Bosmer, Dwarves, Giants, Bosmer, Redguards, Dunmer and Orcs back into the fold), I think that the modern Blades are not Blades at all. They are just a bitter remnant of a long-past age who hate the very Empire who protects Tamriel from the Thalmor, the very Empire who founded them (just like the Stormcloaks hate an Empire which their god founded). In fact, the Blades were hired by the Thalmor to weaken the Empire, just like how Ulfric is a Thamlor spy! I would like to point out that Ulfric is not a spy, if you read the journal and look at the lore carefully, you will see that the Thalmor let Ulfric think he escaped because they knew he would cause trouble. Willing or not, he is considered an asset to the Thalmor.

Whether or not he is a "spy", he's actually been conditioned by them during torture.

However, back on-topic, the Blades & Stormcloaks have nothing to do with each other.