I wanted to talk about the thing of the civil war, I found surprising how much people on forums are hating on Ulfric, I mean really, I personally think he is one of the most honorable and charismatic characters in the whole game, and while it's true that he is bigoted to some extent, it's not enough reason to dismiss his character so much. For example, people acuse him of being an murder for killing the high king, but how can an one to one combat be considered murder? Besides people on the game said the king accepted Ulfric challange in first place. Some people even go out of their way to compare him to Hitler, but did Ulfric mass murdered any non-nord race? Did he even caused any harm to them? Ulfric simply don't give atention to non-nord races living in Skyrim, and while this is something that I personally disagree, it's not enough of an reason to call him an unforgivable racist. He is ignorant and that's diferent. Besides, I think the Empire is really deporable, the way they want to dominate Skyrim without caring what the people living in there think about it. How they are trying to drag Skyrim to their problems that they got themselfs into, how they became the Thalmor watchdogs, and when I went to Solitude, and saw that guy being executed, I thought, "that's it the Empire is gonna burn!"
Besides, I think this scene shows how Ulfric is not all about mindless fighting, but also, someone who truly cares for the people he leads:
He's also short-sighted. Skyrim is one of the last few strongholds of the Empire. He's fighting for the Nords, sure, but the fact that the Dark Elves were basically forced into their slum area in Windhelm isn't a good indicator of his rule. His replacement does better, talking to the Dark Elves and representing them.
Also, he fails to realize that the Imperials are the only ones barely holding back the Aldmeri Dominion. In fact, several NPCs remark that the Dominion is just a sleeping beast waiting to wake up. Ulfric doesn't seem to realize that. Add to the fact that the Thalmor Dossier found on him shows that they practically brainwashed him, it means Ulfric himself is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. Hell, it's not the Empire's fault that Skyrim's way of life is threatened, no one really paid attention to Ulfric and the Stormcloaks until they raised such a fuss about the whole Talos issue. As Alvor says (If you chose the Hadvar after being freed), "Everyone had a little shrine of Talos in their homes, but when Ulfric and his army started to explode over it, the Imperials basically got stricter."
Don't forget, the only way the Imperials would prevent the Aldmeri Dominion from overrunning every human, Khajiit, Argonian, and non-Altmer was to forge the White-Gold Concordat.
They're the real Nazis, not Ulfric. Ulfric's just narrow-minded. He cares about his people, yes, but only
his people, the Nords. To him, every other races can go to Oblivion.
Whenever he states 'My People,' he is always referring to Nords, never anyone else.
Edited by shadow_Uzumaki, 08 December 2011 - 05:45 PM.