Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4290456-20140319121732/@comment-24850229-20140526185124

The first time I played Skyrim, it broke and wouldn't let me get off the wagon, I had never played a video game before (Sheltered life, still haven't really gotten into any other video game, Skyrim is my life!), so I sat on the couch for about ten minutes wondering what was going on.

After restarting the game (I'm a genius, I know), I noobed my way through the escape and ended up following the Imperial side of it because Hadvar was there and I didn't see Ralof (there was explosions and I payed no attention to the dialogue). This set me up to see things from the Imperial Perspective and is probably why I played in favor of them. I joined the imperial Legion and was immediately surprised how much the army seemed to hate me, the people seemed to hate me, how badasss the armor was, and how, even when I completed a quest for them immediately, it wasn't good enough for them. As if they expected me to lick their bootson top of getting them the crown and beating down their enemies.

But I stayed on. I assumed this was just how the army was, like I was doing my duty. I went into Windhelm for the first time as an enemy to the hold and pretty much got lost instantly. I killed the Jarl and regretted it since (His speeches are breath-taking).

I now have more experience, though I still haven't done the stormcloak side (I avoid the main questline and the civilwar questlines to my best ability.) I very much want to. Whenever I see the one stormcloak captured by the three legionairres I think of it as a waste. It's wasteful how they send three to capture one instead of sending three to battle the elves. I'm certain if they got past their differences both sides would be very eager to bash some elven skulls, but that is a discussion for another time. I think of myself, as the dovahkiin, to be above this civil war, that being said I will still fight the elves or legionairres at every opportunity short of declaring war.

I might be mistaken (having not yet played the entirety of the stormcloak side), the Stormcloaks might be just as bad, but they seem more close. Like they aren't an army, but a group of people fighting for what they beleive in, not what they are ordered to do. And that is the most noble cause.