User blog:Harold Burned-Mane/The Truth about Ulfric Stormcloak

So i'm making this blog because even though i don't really care what anyone else thinks of Ulfric i bothers me that mostly everyone's opinion on him are based on false evidence or speculation. So here im going to tell the true story of Ulfric Stormcloak and with it prove he isn't a power hungry racist, unlike the Thalmor.

You may or may not know but Ulfric was the son of the last jarl of Windhelm ( it never mentions his name) and a decendent of Ysgramor. In his early years he studied the way of the voice in High Hrothgar to become a greybeard (he was never ment to be Jarl) but that all changed when the Great War started. He joined the Legion and fought the Dominion in Cyrodill along side with Galmar and Rikke. Some time before the fall of the Imperial City he was captured by the Thalmor who tortured him for information, which they eventually got, though after the capital had been taken. he however did not know it had already been taken so the Thalmor led him to believe it was his falt that the Imperial City was captured.


 * this is what the Thalmor Dossier ment: The contact they made with him was his captute, the cooperation he did with them was the information he gave up after they tortured him. This is why Ulfric hates the Thalmor so much.

After this he was set free by the Thalmor(it mentions he was a hero at the battle of the Red Ring but details were never mentioned) He later returned to Skyrim. When the White-Gold Concordat was signed most Nords felt betraed by the Empire so they joined Ulfric who was openly worshiping Talos and calling b*** on that so called "peace treaty"( not to mention he is a naturalborn leader thanks to his charismatic personality) His little following were also openly disobeing the Concordat, their protest was peaceful like his. When Igmund contacted Ulfric and his followers to help retake the Reach and promised in return he would be able to worship talos at Markarth's Shrine he agreed.(it is assumed that all other shrines had been taken down because after the treaty was signed the Empire paid the Jarls to follow the ban, much like the one in solitude and since the reach was captured by the reachmen during the Great War it was probably still there) His militia invaded the Reach with the help of Igmund's forces and libirate it from reachmen controle.


 * The only source that claims that Ulfric killed civilians is the book "The Markarth Incident" which was writen by an imperial simpathiser. Evidence of this is the fact the forsworn NEVER mention anything bad about Ulfric, and the fact that after Markarth is taken by the stormcloaks none of the citizens rebel ( if he did kill anyone that didn't help do you think everyone would be ok with him taking Markarth again, NO).

Igmund kept his side of the bargain and the Legion( who just came back to garrison the reach) let him keep worshiping, the Dominion however put presure on the Empire. The Legion than invaded and imprisoned Ulfric and his militia. Who the Empire dubbed the Stormcloaks, to belittle them. This betrayal caused Ulfric to start hating the Legion he was once a part of.


 * therefore they started the Civil War not Ulfric, because they were the first to attack.

During his imprisenment Ulfric's father died and he had to send his eulogy by letter which was smuggled out of prison. When he was released from prison he returned to Windhelm, the city was still in mourning after the death of the last jarl. The citizen then called Ulfric and MADE HIM JARL.


 * the reason Ulfric is jarl is because he was CHOSEN by his citizens. Lets see how some other jarls got their position: Elisif-married to last jarl; Igmund-conquered the reach with the help of Ulfric; Siddgeir-stole the position from uncle with the help of the Legion( not to mention Siddgeir is the WORST JARL EVER, he is super lazy, his steward is who actually rules Falkreath, all he does is stay in his house and enjoy the money he gets from the Empire)(sorry for the rant :P)

Ulfric continued to call b*** on the Concordat but as jarl he now had more power to do this(so he probably reopened the possibly closed temple of talos in Windhelm). He then got tons of Nords coming to him to join his stormcloaks, who at this time weren't in open war with the Legion. All the jarls were aware of this, some started supporting him. He then went to Solitude, Ulfric then challenged him in the ancient nord way claiming him to be too weak to rule Skyrim. Torygg accepted( or else his honor would be stained) and ran sword in hand to fight Ulfric, who used unrelenting force to throw Torygg across the room and then stabed him through the heart with his sword.


 * Ulfric therefore didn't murder the High King, he challenged him, this is confirmed by the solitude court(ask the mage) If Torygg was really going to support Ulfric if he asked like some claim why didn't he, its not like Ulfric never said he opposed the Legion, nooooo he kept it a secret until he killed Torygg, then he told everyone, yeah thats how it totally happend. Give me a break!!!


 * Also he didn't betray anyone, like some claim he did, the Legion betrayed him. The Empire betrayed the nords, the redguards and the dunmer. A chalenge is not a betrayal, its nord tradition, there for legal.

He then when back to Windhelm and oficially declared war on the Legion, who were already fighting the stormcloaks. After this the Legion captured him, Ralof, more stormcloaks, a horse thief and a certain traveler trying to cross the border into Skyrim.