User blog comment:4. 1. 22. 5. M97/Blog Critic: "Why the Empire should prevail over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part1)/@comment-9062114-20140103232600/@comment-1600847-20140106054140

Well I'm sure that Ulfric and Galmar would PREFER strong, dedicated, experience soldiers, but in the long run that'd leave them with a much smaller army than they could have. I have no doubt that many common Nords are flocking in droves to join up, turning them away just because they're not already strong soldiers is a huge waste. They'd be fine soldiers if you train them. No one slides out of the womb a trained soldier, everyone starts off somewhere. If the Stormcloaks only take people who're already warriors, then the Empire would have a clear advantage in terms of manpower and, well, variety. Plus, if you piss someone off by turning them away, maybe they start to wonder if the other guys aren't a better bet after all... but I digress. Ulfric isn't an idiot, I doubt he'd cripple himself out of the gate like that. The Stormcloaks are outnumbered four races to one as it is. Well, 3.5 to 0.5 if you to get technical.