User blog comment:Madman97/Blog Critic: Why the Stormcloaks are right/@comment-3524435-20131205201549/@comment-24256580-20131206011344

I'm aware of that. I don't mean that he could've ridden into the Blue Palace on the backs of peasant's voting. But seeing Ulfric the decisive standing next to Torygg the flaky, well, the other Jarl's minds would be made up pretty quickly if there was a side by side comparison. (Not having spellcheck is making me feel vulnerable :c). The idea I've come around to is that Ulfric killed Torygg as part of a political manuever. It's the more tactical option- what Ulfric needs to accomplish is rapid, dynamic change. The best way to do that is make a political state...with the Thu'um