Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-17114085-20141119135117

ShadowMistress2 wrote: '-This is based on my opinion as well as some Lore (I'm not geat with Lore, bear with me). I don't like or dislike Ulfric. I'm indifferent.'

Ulfric in reality is a bullshitter. He may care for the worship of Talos, he may care for Skyrim, and he may care for the people of Skyrim (Nords), but his Rebellion is bollocks and he's just too power-hungry. I'm sure Ulfric could be a good leader, but doing it the way he's doing it won't win him any favors in the long run, especially since the Thalmor are waiting for the Empire to fall. After the war is finished, and if Ulfric wins, his men will be spread thin, and the Thalmor will have their way with the Nords, just like they wanted. Skyrim will be too weak to fight them off, this is why the Thalmor see Ulfric as an asset instead of a threat. As much as I hate the Thalmor, and as much as I'd like to slaughter them all, it's better to wait until Skyrim is once again powerful and capable of taking them down together.

I support many ideas Ulfric has, but I also disagree with him a great amount. In my first game-play I ended up siding with the Stormcloaks, mainly because Ulfric and Galmar were more welcoming than Tullius, Tullius is a **** through and through. But after the war, I wound of regretting my choice. After hearing all of what Balgruuf had to say I felt sad and guilty, and I don't normally get emotional with games, but he's the only Jarl worth liking in Skyrim, at least in my opinion. Honestly I'd rather be with Balgruuf, not choosing a side, just be my own, he had no interest in getting involved with such pettiness. He only cared for his Hold and the citizens, but he knew the time to choose would come eventually.

-Dengeir of Stuhn has a really good opinion about Ulfric and his rebellion.-  The Thalmor see Ulfric as an asset because of the Civil War, not what happens after. The longer and the more drawn out the Civil War becomes the more the Thalmor benefit. The only outcome that benefits them is if the two factions keep wearing each other down until they are weak enough for the Dominion to just walk all over them. It is stated by the Thalmor that either faction winning the war is bad for them, and that those outcomes should be avoided.

People seem to think that as soon as the Stormcloaks win the war the Dominion invades and takes over Skyrim. Many people have stated that for the Dominion to even make it to Skyrim they'd have to go through or pass near one or more of the other provinces that are neutral/hostile against them. In order to go to war with the Nords they'd have to go to war with at least one of the other races.

Read some of my posts above, they show how the Empire is never going to be strong enough to take down the Dominion in its current situation. Even if they win the Civil War they will still lose to the Dominion. The Thalmor are destroying the Empire from the inside and the White-Gold Concordat lets them do that. The Empire's plan to wait and try to regain their strength is flawed beyond belief. Titus must have been doing Skooma when he came up with it.