User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-1840877-20120629132604/@comment-5135631-20120706023308

@TheEpicShot I know he won it because Elisif, Stentor and co. say he do, whether he won it honourably is a matter of opinion, but myself and at least half of all Nords think he did. At the end, it comes down to who will win the Throne, though Ulfric does deserve to win it.

I understand that Skyrim would be ok moving out the Empire after a second great war, but anyone who has ever read a book on battles will tell you that it's far more logical for Skyrim to fight the AD as an independent nation rather than with the Empire. I have already explained the reasoning for this so I won't say it again, but in short Hammerfell did it, Skyrim can as well.

The Nords worship Talos perhaps more than anyone else. Do you think we like it when some elf says we can't? When the Empire signed that treaty, they should have expected a rebellion within thirty years.

As I said, I can hate the legion because every other soldier would have meekly done the same thing. Hadvar tries to be all friendly with me, but he would have let the headsman take me all the same. I can hate the legion because of this, because it just wasn't fair. You never see the Stormcloaks killing people without trial, except on the battlefield.

Ulfric gave Balgruuf the axe to ask him if he is with him, or against him. You are right. But this attitude is not a bad thing; Ulfric's actions are not rushed, you can see this in his war room, he has put planning in to every decision he makes, he just believes time is running out until the Dominion take advantage and attack in full force. If you count that as a flaw then you are very short-sighted my friend.