Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-24075086-20150809022906

Shigeru Thalmor Slayer wrote: Phantasys wrote: I'm not saying the stormcloaks wouldn't but the fact remains that logically the imperials would be lining you up right next to Roggvir on the block if you showed up to their HQ. This is game mechanic. If what you said were true then the Empire would kill the Hero of Kvatch on sight because he was also a prisoner, as well as the last person who was with the Emperor before he was murdered. I have no proofs, but the fact that you told him you were the prisoner at Helgen and the fact he said your imprisonment was "a terrible misunderstanding" could be a clue that he learned, too late, that your name wasn't on the list. No, at the most the HOK was in there for some petty crime as there was no mention of any prior crimes (it was likely so minor that even the guards themselves forgot what it was), in Skyrim people remember you were at Helgen there's no reason for people to have amnesia 200 years ago in Cyrodil, so his crime must've been minor enough for people to just flat out forget. He also had the blades vouching for him...you know their version of the CIA/FBI?

Also in response to Kora...yes he did sound sarcastic...my first playthrough was imperial and I thought he was going to put me on the block next to Roggvir. It was also when I started to regret being imperial and started to look deeper into the Stormcloaks.