But the Stormcloaks are racist, at least there leader and most of their top brass are.Ammutseba said:
Poll: Empire or Stormcloak?
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Empire, but not deliberately. I didn't even know you could join either side until I saw my brother end up with the Stromcloaks.
in the words of Jarl Balgruuf, I'm on the side of Whiterun.
they have the Companions and imma Thane. and they have a priddy decent forge...
but i do go to college in Stormcloak territory.
they have the Companions and imma Thane. and they have a priddy decent forge...
but i do go to college in Stormcloak territory.
Stormcloak, despite the fact that they're fighting against Skyrim's only protection against the Dominion. I have to admit my feelings towards the Empire were somewhat changed when they tried to execute me for crossing the border while near Ulfric Stormloack.
Stormcloaks might have had a point...
...if the entire thing wasn't purely about Ulfric's ego. He doesn't care about Skyrim. He doesn't even get that the Empire is the only thing holding the Thalmor at bay. So no, I've no sympathy for him. But yeah maybe we should just pull out of Skyrim and let Stormcloaks deal with the Dominion on their own. See how long it takes before they come crying for help.
...if the entire thing wasn't purely about Ulfric's ego. He doesn't care about Skyrim. He doesn't even get that the Empire is the only thing holding the Thalmor at bay. So no, I've no sympathy for him. But yeah maybe we should just pull out of Skyrim and let Stormcloaks deal with the Dominion on their own. See how long it takes before they come crying for help.
I joined the Legion. Why? I remember being told that if I ever stopped being an adventurer back in Oblivion, that it would be a good idea to join the Anvil Guard. Yes there's a difference but having the opportunity to join an army of sorts was interesting to me. Joining the rebels felt like a too played out thing. I've played a lot of games where you're a rebel and it just lost its allure for me. So I joined the Legion, and now I wear Ulfric's clothes everywhere after having peeled them off his corpse which I shouted into his throne.
I love this game.
I love this game.
Supporting the Stormcloaks and Ulfric for now, until we get the DLC that let's us kill Ulfric the moment he goes to get crowned and place the dude who was in the cart with us in the beginning as High King.
The Imperials aren't the last shield against the Dominion, they're the High Elve's damn doormat. As long as they hold power, they weaken Skyrim. They made a puppet out of Torygg and his wife and when the puppet is challenged and defeated, the Empire doesn't honor the outcome, they instead try to kill Ulfric (That's my job!) and then proceed to behead the man working the gate because he let Ulfric out.
At this point I'd rather appoint Alduin as High King of Skyrim than either of those morons. He saved my life, albeit accidentally.
The Imperials aren't the last shield against the Dominion, they're the High Elve's damn doormat. As long as they hold power, they weaken Skyrim. They made a puppet out of Torygg and his wife and when the puppet is challenged and defeated, the Empire doesn't honor the outcome, they instead try to kill Ulfric (That's my job!) and then proceed to behead the man working the gate because he let Ulfric out.
At this point I'd rather appoint Alduin as High King of Skyrim than either of those morons. He saved my life, albeit accidentally.
What are some group of rebels going to do when the Thalmore come knocking? Have you seen, Windhelm? The place is a sorry excuse for a pit in the ground, there's no way Ulfric could command the whole of freaking Skyrim if he can't even feed his own people properly.Brainsaw said:
This is the only thing that keeps me from joining the Stormcloak's. They are basically an elder scrolls equivalent of the BNP (I suppose it should be NNP now, for "nord national party") but they are still preferable to the imperials, until we get to the business of what happens when the war is over, and the next one begins.
I think the Stormcloak's racism is fairly excaggerated, when you ask your commander about it (not ulfric, the guy in the bear coat) he refers to skyrim as "man's" country, as opposed to mer's (elves, orcs etc).
they're not saying that only NORDS, should set foot in Skyrim, they just want all pointy-eared basterds to bugger off.
I also enjoy their mead, and I bet they'll stop making that after the empire suffocates their culture.
they're not saying that only NORDS, should set foot in Skyrim, they just want all pointy-eared basterds to bugger off.
I also enjoy their mead, and I bet they'll stop making that after the empire suffocates their culture.
I was busy running from Dragon death.8-Bit_Jack said:
I caught abit of the back story, what you have stated and such. I wanted to hear from people nearly complete or complete the main story to see what happens when you fall in with either faction and its implications to Skyrim and the rest of the empire at large.
I'm currently forging my own path of allegiance agnosticism, however the Imperials started off bad in my book for wanting to arbitrarily execute me and there seems to be some shady dealings going on with them.
Although the Stormcloaks don't see pure as the driven snow either. And as a proud Orc, their blatant racism annoys me no end. I swear one day that random racist civilian #10 is going to taste the business end of my war axe.
Although the Stormcloaks don't see pure as the driven snow either. And as a proud Orc, their blatant racism annoys me no end. I swear one day that random racist civilian #10 is going to taste the business end of my war axe.
I'm taking the long view and siding with the Empire.
It strikes me that the Altemeri are a greater threat in future and if Skyrim leaves the Empire it's all going to collapse, making the Great War seem tame in comparison to what's going to happen. With the loss of Morrowind and the Aldemeri's control of the Bosmers and the loss of Black Marsh the Empire is in a peerless state. Losing Skyrim would in all likely hood doom the Empire to total collapse, and then as they say...we can all hang together, or we'll certainly hang seperately. Skyrim's already facing the machinations of the Altimeri, without any counterbalance that's just going to get worse.
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Yes...I do read almost ALL the books I can find in the game...
It strikes me that the Altemeri are a greater threat in future and if Skyrim leaves the Empire it's all going to collapse, making the Great War seem tame in comparison to what's going to happen. With the loss of Morrowind and the Aldemeri's control of the Bosmers and the loss of Black Marsh the Empire is in a peerless state. Losing Skyrim would in all likely hood doom the Empire to total collapse, and then as they say...we can all hang together, or we'll certainly hang seperately. Skyrim's already facing the machinations of the Altimeri, without any counterbalance that's just going to get worse.
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Yes...I do read almost ALL the books I can find in the game...
I've stayed out of the conflict so far, but I have yet to see something to paint the Stormcloaks under any half-way positive light, besides a couple of sob stories. I don't know; maybe the game waits to surprise me with Ulfric's love for puppies in the third act.
