User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120707164216/@comment-5135631-20120710230500

Ok, Ulfric broke a rule, but he admits he's fallen from their teachings, but if you wish to compare Ulfric's 'betrayal of ideals' to the Empire's, note the fact he's only letting himself down and a few other people, whereas the Empire is betraying everything a group of nations stood for. Ulfric is still an honourable man, he won the duel in what was considered by at least half of Skyrim a legitimate way.

I'll take an example from Game of Thrones: Ned Stark fathers his bastard son, but that doesn't hurt his honour that much even though he's broken a vow (No spoilers for any GoT readers who have read further than the end of book two, don't spoil anything for me)