Step 1: Side with Empire Step 2: Assassinate the Emperor

Grey beard dudes: Dovakin you are the dragon born you are the choosen ! Dragonborn:*Joins thief guys*

I...do not think the apparence of the general or how the armour looks counts as political analysis

I’d rather have Jarl Balgruuf as High King

Incorrect, the correct side to be on is partysnax and the greybeards. Skyrim belongs to the old guys with beards who live on a mountain and listen to an ancient dragon.

"I don't like the Stormcloak armor" *shows a super low quality image" "But the Imperial armor..." * shows an image of Skyrim with HD texture mods*

Yeah, Imperial gear is better. That's why you should join the Stormcloaks so you can make a fortune selling off all the armour from slain Imperials.

You joined the imperials! Let me guess some one stole your sweet roll!!!

My only problem with joining the Empire is the fact that Maven Black-Briar becomes the Jarl of Riften, basically making it the most corrupt city in Skyrim.

It doesn't matter who's the most powerful, because the dragonborn decides who wins in the end.

I wish that all Stormcloaks were like Ralof.

I chose Stormcloaks everytime for a sole purpose of revenge for having the Imperials trying to chop off my head on the first encounter

General Tullius is against the Aldmeri Domiion. It would have been a good quest line if you could boot the Thalmor out of Skyrim. At the "Peace" meeting at High Hrothgar I tell the Thalmor Ambassador Elenwen to get out, all though I supported the Empire I will not have the Thalmor attend the meeting. I'm constantly attacked by Thalmor Justicars, no matter where in Skyrim I am.

What about us chickens of riverwood! We were at the greybeard peace meating too!..... just on the table......

"Skyrim Political Analysis" "The Empire are best because they have cooler looking armor"

"Whoever has the coolest looking armor"

You think the elves have it bad? The kahjiit and argonians are not even allowed in windhelm.

People in Skrim say Ulfric is the truest Nord of us all but I think the truest Nord is Jarl Bulgruuf the Greater

even if the Stormcloaks manage to take over Skyrim, they have basically just made an enemy of the entire continent

I played as an Imperial and sided with the Legion. I would always wear Imperial Armor with a Talos necklace, using my fashion to make it clear that I was against the religious oppression going on. I gave no mercy to the Thalmor and helped the Stormcloaks a few times because they were not always wrong, but still, their wish for secession is not the best thing for Skyrim and is not the best thing for the Empire of Talos.

WE ARE THE SONS OF SKYRIM!!! STORMCLOAKS FOREVER!

playing dunmer escape Helgen with my boy Ralof, damn Imperials tried to execute me Ralof be like `go to Windhelm` Get to windhelm First Nord I see: `the fuck you looking at elf?` :(

There are pros and cons of both but I must personally say that I’m an imperial.

The reason it’s so tough for me is because I agree with the Stormcloaks’ desire for freedom and autonomy, but I also like Solitude and Whiterun a lot more than Windhelm. I also usually play a “nord hero” character, so that makes it hard from a rp perspective to side with the empire. I feel better about myself siding with the Stormcloaks, but I prefer the actual in-game effects of siding with the Imperials.

I always choose the Imperials! We still hold Talos in our hearts, for this is Talos' empire! (Although we shouldn't be letting the Thalmor run around Skyrim as they please... we ALL know they're after the Stones)

the title says political analysis yet you go on for 10 minutes about which faction looks more stylish lololololol

I first sided with the Stormcloaks but then something happened which made me do a U turn. It was something Jarl Balgruud said in his throne room after you defeat him: "We Nords ARE the empire. Our blood built it. Our blood sustains it." Considering the history of the empire that made me realise that I was fighting on the wrong side.

It's hard to join the stormcloaks when the game explicitly makes it clear they are just tools for the Thalmor.

"This was our land. We were here first. Then the Nords came and put chains on us. Forbid us from worshipping our gods." - Madanach about the Forsworn uprising, and the Jarl of Markath is allied to Ulfric. Then I joined the empire to fight that hypocrite.

I always find it funny when someone's argument is "i like to roleplay my skyrim." You can't "roleplay" either faction. You, dovakin, have equal claim to the throne as ulfric the Usurper, and you are going to go to him and gravel at his feet and beg to single-handedly install him on the throne of skyrim? Really? You, thane of a dozen cities, leader of a dozen guilds, arch-mage of all skyrim, emissary to the psijic order and one of the wealthiest denizens of the land, and oh yeah, the only other wielder of the voice who can stand against ulfric stormcloak in all of skyrim, are going to take a position in the empire's military *below* a general? Both sides should literally be begging you to join them... and even then, a role-player would probably just shrug, say "there's nothing you can give me worth my time" and maybe, *MAYBE,* not join the war on a 3rd side. If you're lucky.

I was with the stormcloaks until they exiled Jarl Balgruuf, he was one of my favourite characters

White Gold Concordat more like the brown gold Concordat BC I wipe my A** with it.

I played both factions once and hated both, I said screw the war, I am in the dragon hunter faction now... I hate it that you HAVE to decide for one side, why cant you bring peace or (What would be my choice) kill them all. I would wipe the stormcloaks, the imperials and the elves. Screw them all. Give me my modded lightsaber, a black robe and a lightning spell and I will hunt them all down.

I join the Stormcloaks because fuck Maven Black-Briar. I join the Imperials because Jarl Balgruff needs to keep ballin'. Nope, I think I'll just become High King of Skyrim.

“I like the open mindedness of the Empire.” Bans a religion*

I never really thought it made sense to side with the Empire. I mean they do try to kill you without giving you a fair trial in the beginning. Realistically speaking it makes sense for the Dragonborn to want revenge on the Empire and join the Stormcloaks to get this revenge.

Stand for neather your the dragon born kick both thier asses and make your own army and take over Tamrel

Hail Ulfric, king in the north!

I'm with the imperials, the first guild I chose were the storm cloaks, I didn't like attacking whiterun as the people there did nothing wrong so when I made a new character, I chose the imperials as an imperial because of finding extra money but when I saw that I had to defend whiterun, I gladly accepted the mission, if I had to choose between the imperials and the stormcloaks, I would always choose the imperials, I would only have one stormcloak character just to see every mission but In my opinion, I stand by the ones who protect innocents, not kill them as they've done nothing wrong

If only the Imperials and Stormcloaks joined forces to expell the Thalmor. You could even call the mission "Banished from the Empire"

Another reason: While they are believing they'd fight for freedom, the Storm-cloaks actually DESTROY Skyrim/ the humans. If you read the information in the Thalmor embassy it is strongly indicated, that Ulric did not escape, but that the Thalmor intentionally set him free, so that he will create the rebellion and have the humans fight amongst themselves, so that the elves can more easily control them. (!)

I really don't see whats the appeal of the stromcloaks. "B-but mighty Talos was banned!" The empire never wanted to ban the worship of Talos Any sane general would've opted for a compromise after the bloody battle that was the Red Ring. Both the Empire had pretty much exhausted it's resources, and moral was probably at a low. "b-but muh nordic way of life!" From what I saw in skyrim ever after hundreds of years of Imperial alligence the nords have pretty much lived the way they've always had. Probably with improved living standards. If you look at the big picture the Empire is the only way to go -Founded by man turned god who single handedly united all of Tamriel -The Legion, the most deciplined fighting force in all of Tamriel -The only real chance of defeating the Thalmor -A centralized goverment and a military that has fought off daedric incursions. Lets see you stormcloaks fight off another akaviri invasion Veni, vidi, vici

Ulfric is not racist against the dark elf's he just doesn't have the time to deal with the problem he is fighting a war for not just for Skyrim but for All of humanity after all.

It is sort of weird. In previous games, I was always against empire - or rather with factions who have problems with empire, or even better - problems with both sides. In Morrowind for example I was a battle mage, so I was in both Wizards and Warriors Guilds. I did some jobs for the Imperial intelligence, but frankly I was always mostly proud of being associated with Twin-Lamps.

Ulfric isn't racist, that is untrue yet almost everyone believes it. There is a high elf who makes a good living in the city who doesn't get bullied by the nords, simply because she is carrying her own weight, same thing with a dark elf working on a farm. Ulfric has very limited resources with the war going on, and he spared plenty of room for the elves to live, and the elves won't help them in the war or outside of it. He's right to be angry about that, but he doesn't hate elves as a whole.

Okay so here's my problem with, the Stormcloacks Just because the Redguard were able to hold back the Thalmore what makes the Stormcloacks can? Skyrim doesn't have the resources or the manpower to fight off the Aldimeri Dominion the Thalmore win when the Empire infights.

My high elf: *slow claps for the stormcloaks* "skyrim belongs to the nords" *dasterdly grins*

Snowmonkeys: Skyrim belongs to the Nords !!! Imperial: K what about the snow elves mate? Breton: and what about The Reach? You didn't care when you took those lands from the previous inhabitants. You are all subjects of the imperium.

How I role play my character is that even though he’s a Nord, he sides with the Imperial because he doesn’t hate Argonian or Elves but hates how the Thalmor have weakened the Empire

of course the british guy goes with the impericals damn red coats

I play as an Imperial. Ive attacked Thalmor agents everytime I see them an have even attacked their Embassy. Once Ulfric is dead an a new Jarl takes over, he promises to give the Dunmer an Argonians better living conditions. To me joining the Stromcloaks is a betrayal to Jarl Balgruuf who have given advice an his friendship.

I like the Stormcloaks. They have many problems, but I see passed them. I like Imperials, but I hate the Thalmor.

Fucking hell, look at the dislikes on this video. I don't understand how people can genuinely get mad about video game politics. I don't even want to know how they react to real life politics. It's insane. Also, I support the stormcloaks. *get triggered imperials*

Paul Liu, thank you very much for you interesting and very respectful comment, you sound like a very educated and polite person :) You do have a very good point there when you say that the empire has betrayed the Septim dinasty and so it would make sence to fight them for that. My point is though that there as two possible approaches to this betrayal, 1) fight it from the outside, crushing the empire. 2) fight it from the inside, trying to correct the empire back in it's tracks. Also the concept of betrayal is debatable too in my humble opinion because they accepted the white gold treaty only because they basically lost the war, so they were forced into it, not accepting could have ment annihilation, so my point of view is that they accepted it waiting for a strong leader, in which case the Dragonborn joining them would make sense :D The great thing about this game is that both approaces "make sense"

At least the stormcloak armor doesn't look like a dress.

It's kind of a "assumption" that all imperials are evil, Hadvar saves you from murdering them all

Am I the only one who listened carefully to all the dialogue between Ulfric and Galmar and thought that Ulfric seemed to be a bit more thoughtful and caring about the war and the people involved, but seemed manipulated by Galmar to act quickly and aggressively against his own thoughts? Galmar just always seems to be more in his face yelling about what should happen and Ulfric seems a lot more reserved and almost bored of it sometimes. "If they're not with us, they're against us!" "They all know that..." You can almost hear a sigh in it like, "Galmar plx shut up."

When the first humans settled Tamriel, they came from the northern ice continent of atmora. These people settled Cyrodiil, Skyrim, and highrock. Cyrodiil is commonly where empires are forged, and they are often the most powerful. The notes call imperials milk drinkers and cowards who have no right to Skyrim. But, they both came from atmora, and are brethren, and Both have a right to Skyrim. If Skyrim leaves the empire, high rock will be next, then the thalmor will easily conquer Tamriel. Just like when you infaltrate the thalmor embassy, they say they want to keep the war going to weaken both sides, sort of a divide and conquer trick. Skyrim can’t stand against against the thalmor alone, for they fought for the empire in the Great War, yet the empire still lost. So this shows that not even the mighty nords can’t withstand an elven onslaught. So, the white gold concordant is better then being slaughter by the altmer. Besides, the empire obviously hates the thalmor, and wants to through them off their back. So be patient, and wait for cyrodiil’s signal to break free from them. And you will stand together against the thalmor. Most likely, will there provinces will want to fight back alongside the empire, and the empire will again have a great chance to win a war. ALL HAIL THE EMPIRE!!!

SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!

I am playing again this epic game in June 2022 and I am really enjoying it as much as I did when it came out ! I also found this analysis of the two factions very interesting and accurate. Who knows if we will ever see an Elder Scrolls VI someday !

5:02 Well, if you fought against the elves in a massive war, saw your comrades die at your feet at the hands of the elves, and been tortured repeatedly, over and over and over again by the elves, and learn that the empire your fighting for had just basically lost the damn war, AND the very god you worship had been outlawed by ELVES, you’d have a burning hatred for the elves as well.

I ride for Ulfric! I ride for Stormcloaks! I ride for Nords! I RIDE FOR FREEDOM!!! Talos smite you imperial milk drinkers!

only a great and powerful empire can defeat the thalmor. ave tullius, ave cyrodill, ave skyrim. the final legion

“Water is like liquid elevator music.” -Bilbo Baggins

My fellow imperial fighters, I say we not only fight the rebels, but also take up arms against the Thalmor! They caused the trouble from the start!

You have very valid points. As a khajiit I found the Stormcliaks self centered where as the Imperial Empire is unity.

I would base my opinion on 2 questions. 1: How benevolent or tyranical is the empire, given the context of the situation. 2: Do the Stormcloaks want to destroy the empire, or declare independance from it. If the stormclocks want to destroy the empire, the stormcloacks would be in the wrong. If they just want indipendance, and they are okay with the empire still exsisting, just not on their land, then the Stormclocks are probly right. 3: Chousing based on who gives you cooler stuff is a corrupt reason to chouse a side.

Stormcloak Officer Armor is arguably cooler looking than the imperial armor. What’s more badass than wearing a bear pelt as a head dress, it just has a Nordic berserker vibe

Imperial Dog! If you look into the lore a bit deeper, the stormcloaks aren't actually as racist as you think. *!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* For example, take a look at the dark elves. They're so quick to scream oppression, but seem to forget they are refugees. In Morrowind, the most offensive word you can possibly call someone is an "N'wah" which roughly translates to "foolish outlander". If a nord were to go to Morrowind, he or she would face a barrage of insults and almost never gain anyone's trust, if a dunmer born outside of Morrowind were to arrive on the shores of Vvardenfell, they would face even worse discrimination for not being native. When red mountain erupted, they were forced to flee, and the cities of Windhelm, Riften and Winterhold were the closest and most welcoming. In Winterhold, they rooted themselves in the mage's college. In Riften, they got odd jobs in the fishing industry but don't own any houses, most of them live in the bunk house. In Windhelm, not only were they given free housing, but an entire quarter to themselves to run shops, and were given important jobs within high ranking nord families. They sit there and complain about living in squalor, but in actuality, their housing arrangements are some of the best in Skyrim. Now, let's take a step back and look at the leaders. General Tullius is a military brute who dislikes tradition, and thinks the nord's way of life is foolish. He thinks that anyone who does not partake in a culture similar to Cyrodiil is barbaric, elves included. He doesn't care about the god Talos, he doesn't have any concern for the country or it's people, and states in game that he can't wait to go home. Ulfric on the other hand is extremely passionate about his homeland, and his most inspirational speech was talking to Galmar in an empty castle when the player walks in. He does not care what race the player is, and personally I've never heard him say something truly offensive other than "Thalmor bitch". Back to race: Another race "oppressed" by Ulfric's regime are the Saxhleel, or "Argonians" who work on the docks and are supposedly forbidden from entering the city. If we go back in time a few hundred years, long ago there was an alliance between the Dark Elves, Argonians and Nords, known as the ebonheart pact. Nords have a history of battling with elves, so are naturally mistrustful (See "Night Of Tears") but were able to set aside their differences to forge a strong alliance. The alliance broke when the Argonians found out the Dark Elves were still taking slaves of their people, and ended with a bloody genocide that consumed the capital city of Morrowind and much of it's southern countryside. If the Dark Elves and Argonians could so easily turn on eachother after being allies, what's to say they wouldn't do the same to their other allies, the Nords? I think it is wise to be wary. It's also wise to keep the Argonians on the docks separated from the Dunmer within the city, so no skirmishes could break out. It's a crude, but effective way to keep order, segregation. If the player or a follower or spouse is Argonian however, no one will ever question their presence within the city walls, and no one will tp your house and so on xD I can only think of one npc who openly spews trash about other races when not prompted by a friend, and that's Rolff Stone-Fist. He's a drunk that walks around talking crap and should be paid no attention, one bad apple. Plenty of people like that in solitude, trust me. With armor, I can see where you're coming from because the stormcloak armor is literally just the Windhelm guard's armor. The idea behind that is that the empire is an organised military that has dedicated smiths and stuff, whereas the stormcloaks are just men, women, farmers that have grabbed an axe and started fighting. Speaking of women... Have you ever noticed that there are only 4 female imperial soldiers in the game? Legate Rikke, The Imperial Captain at the start of the game, One of the archers at the start of the game, and that one from the pirate quest who for the life of me I can't remember. With the stormcloaks, they might not have racial equality but they certainly have gender equality which is a nice touch. I don't think the imperials have racial equality either, as they all seem to be nordic/imperial males. With Whiterun, I too really liked Balgruuf, and was saddened when he chose the empire, but then in another playthrough where I decided to do the civil war before the main quest, I noticed that you can't get around him trying to crawl into your emotions, as he'll tell you to go away until you kill the dragon and become thane. I never wanted to be thane of Whiterun but he always forces it on you so you kinda have to care. But I think the stormcloak rule is better for Whiterun mainly because of the civilians, the Battle-Born family are empire supporters, and the Gray-Mane family back the stormcloaks. The Gray-Manes man the skyforge, and their son "Thorald" was stolen away by the thalmor and the Battle-Born family are behind this huge cover up, corrupt af. There's also the state with the city guard, as one man "Sinmir" often states that security in whiterun is substandard, but when stormcloaks are in control he becomes head of the guards. Also, 'lil Heimskr out there becomes homeless, I think that's pretty funny xD Yes.. the septims were dragonborn. But the god "Talos" is just another name for the first emperor of the dynasty, Tiber Septim. By choosing the empire, you've basically cut out it's heart. Talos founded the empire, so by abolishing his worship it's not the same empire that you fought for in Oblivion. That's not even getting started on what would happen in great war number 2 and why stormcloaks would be slightly less screwed on that, but I think this is enough of an essay for people to chew on. ^-^

In every game to this point we have been fighting hard to keep the Empire together. From saving the emperor himself from the first game to Martin's ascension, I dare to ask whay any loyalist is doing in bed with the stormcloaks.

Everyone like to forget how the thalmor fund the stormcloaks

Ulfric is apparently a Thalmor plant used as a puppet to stir up trouble in Skyrim. The game makes it, in the beginning, very damning for the Imperials case when you are about to be executed, but as the world opens up and you learn more nuances about the dilemma of the war, you start to understand that the Empire may just be the best hope there is for Skyrim and its people.

hahah the empire is cucked by the thalmor, real men join the stormcloak

"Political Analysis" *talls about nothing but personal preferences Lol k

5:48 - you end up spending quite a bit of time in the city of your faction of your chosen faction

It’s true the Empire was built on Dragon born’s, but remember the first Dragon born Tiber septum was a Nord from Skyrim, the honest truth is you’re between a rock and a hard place in this war. Both have very good points and both have very great cons. If you join the Empire then you are joining in effect a Spanish Inquisition, not necessarily the empires fault, but they have allowed the elves to start persecuting and killing anyone found worshipping Talos, Who is more or less the God of the Empire, in many ways Skyrim is fighting for the real empire and the imperials have betrayed it. However if you join the storm cloaks you are also highly racist, but in their defence considering what happened with the great war and how the elves are persecuting and take on the role of inquisitors you can’t exactly blame them for being a bit racist towards them. But the truth is I don’t like Ulfric, he’s a greedy bastard who is just hungry for power (although he didn’t cheat in the Kings duel). But I do nevertheless support the storm cloak cause, because nobody has the right to force The way you believe. In reality I would prefer a combination of the factions, the storm cloak cause, but with the Imperial leadership. Unfortunately this war is exactly what the aldmeri Dominion wanted, however I believe if they thought the Empire was weak and attacked, I think Skyrim would actually come to its aid, after all they don’t need an excuse to fight the elves, The sad truth is the game has only showed part of the story and the next game is probably going to be hundreds of years later when it’s revealed we’ve missed out The real great climax.

Make peace and destroy dominion

Ok....The problems is that we actually see the religious oppression of the empire while the Stormcloack racism is words only. If Ulfric was really racist, he would have kicked the elves out and yet half of Windhelm is basically elves, elves and elves and nowhere do we see elves been beaten or executed or something. There is even a bloody Altmer that works as a prominent shop owner in the non-elf half of city where she should be discriminated, yada, yada. Contrast that with the amount of times we have seen Talos worshipers been dragged left, right and center by the Thalmor and empire, and let's not even talk about Northwatch Keep. And as far as Jarls are concerned...yeah, Balgruuf is nice, but he gets replaced by Graymane, which is a win. Also, let's not forget the lovely imperial Jarls of Falkreath and Markarth. I am just saying. Oh, and also, if the empire wins, Mavis becomes Jarl of Riften...

I’m a Roman fanboy so I prefer the empire. I love running around with my heavy lorica segmentata and scutum ,slaying bandits and stormcloak barbarians.

Because of u i joined the imperials i was really blinded plus the jarl of whiterun still believed in talos still but his part was that he was using the empire for there goods meaning supplies that they had to offer so thank u because i didn't know what faction to choose once again thank u my friend 😊👏

Just so you know, the decision to execute all the prisoners in Helgen was made by General Tulius. The Imperial Captain was following orders just as much as Hadvar was.

I think that the Empire and The Stormcloaks should rise up together against the Thalmor. Maybe in TES6?

My first Skyrim run I was a Stormcloak, then for the next ones I didn't even consider it for a second. The White Gold Concordat was signed to end the war and protect the people, because the Talmor were that superior, military speaking, so it was the smart thing to do. Stormcloaks are basically Nazis, I will never be a part of that faction (and I've had 5 complete runs of Skyrim with different races).

Long live the empire!

Why is it that no one is bringing up the FACT that Ulfrik is a Thalmor sleeper agent. They wanted him to start the rebellion to weeken the Empire for the second great war!

In the beginning you would never have been captured by the empire if it were not for the Stormcloaks. Another thing is that your crossing the border illegally which most countries (if not all) have laws against that and thus you should be punished. The Thalmor want to conquer Skyrim and the empire and intentionally caused the rebellion by outlawing Talos worship. That is why you should join the empire because if the empire is not at full strength the elves can take over. The elves gain power from the chaos because they are not truly aligned with a side. So when most of Skyrim is dead they strike. I actually kind of admire the Thalmor because they completely outsmart the stupid human races like nords. I wish I could join the Thalmor and be part of their plan to take skyrim.

Excellent points :) I have played through the lore - examining theories for both factions and although I did initially side with the stormcloaks (yeah that attempted beheading got under my skin a bit), I have since seen & heard more lore and have to agree with you. I play on the imperial side. Ulfric may claim he is "for the stormcloaks" but he repeatedly demonstrates that the people are nothing more than sacrificial pawns to him, and he couldn't care less about anyone who isn't a nord by birth. ((rolls eyes)) at least the empire rewards well for hard work and dedication ^.^

I always choose my side as late as possible and let the events my character has witnessed influence which side he chooses

We know that the races of men can recover more quickly than the Aldmeri Dominion, even though the Empire lost territory and sustained a lot of damage. The Empire just needs some time to recover- to bring Hammerfell back into the Empire; convince Morrowind to return with its previous semi-autonomy with the incentive of taking revenge on the Argonians. Remember, the world of Elder Scrolls is not one of democracy and alliances- it is one of emperors, kings and conquest. Bethesda have actually perfectly set the stage for a future hero of prophecy- perhaps a reborn Tiber Septim, to rebuild the Empire and face the Aldmeri Dominion in the inevitable Second Great War.

why can't I have a fuck both factions option. and just take skyrim for myself with a army of dragon's.

By coming from a cold and harsh country which is so biased against its own population and tends to favor foreigners and give them money rather than take care of the actual tax payers who are making sure this country of 10.5 million people can still live, I stand with the Stormcloak cause. Tamriel may be a fictional world but I can relate to being basically run over by your own government to an extent that it's actually forbidden to fly your own damn flag, because if you do you'll be called a racist and white supremacist. A foreigner can evade any kind of punishment by just claiming he's a minor, even if he's sporting a full grown beard. Our liquor stores, which are run by the state, has a higher level of security than our border control. They check for ID and if you're not over 20 years old, you will be denied, while at the border a 20 year old man can claim he's 16 and they'll go with that, which means he can commit crime, after crime and not have to pay for any of them.

I still wanna know which faction he'd side with in New Vegas.

It's strange that people generalize the storm cloaks as racist when the Imperials have the Thalmor on their side who are also racist.

So, why'd you join the Imperials? *"THE FASHION, FOOL!"*

Also, I wouldn't even believe Todd Howard if he said it's not cannon that the Dragonborne is a stormcloak. You start as a default Nord, you meet Ulfric in the intro while arrested with him, your expected to go with the nord to escape, Ulfric is the only other user of the Voice, Ulfric is the only other one to train with the Greybeards, 1st town whiterun has a shrine of Talos. They clearly expected you to pick the Stormcloaks. Idk how anyone even Bethesda can imagine a scenario where the Empire actually wins, when the Dragonborne is on the other side.

Also, i would love if you would cover nonfictional history, you explain things really clearly. ( I'm new so apologies if you've made videos of this nature)

I really don't like Ulfric Stormcloak. Not only is he racist, but he should never have killed the High King. Torygg was a young man inexperianced in combat. Ulfric knew this and challenged Torygg knowing he would defeat him easily. Torygg knew that fighting Ulfric was a death sentance. But he had no choice, as refusing to fight would look cowardly and he would lose the respect and confidence of his subjects. Again, Ulfric knew this. Ulfric claimed it was the Nord way to challenge him, but in reality it was murder disguised as tradition. Ulfric does not trust anyone that isn't a nord. He is also a hypocrite. If you join the Stormcloaks, he sends his axe to Balgruff. (To bury the hatchet?). But if you join the Empire, Balgruff sends his axe to Ulfric who outright refuses it. (Yes, iI know that the same can be said about Balgruff refusing the axe). It was also crap of Ulfric to 'shout' at Torygg. I used to support the Stormcloaks, but the more I play Skyrim the more I realised that I was supporting the wrong side. The Thalmor banned Talos worship, but by joining the Empire, you are showing your loyalty to Talos even more, as Talos founded the Empire. In effect, Talos's army. The Thalmore don't even see that which makes it all the more ironic.

The stormcloaks is the right side for viking spirits, people from scandinavia

I’d say both are equal. The 3 things I love about the imperials are Jarl Balgruuf, Hadvar, and the Whiterun guards, and the 2 things I love about the stormcloaks are not being friends with the thalmor and being blue instead of red.

Im playing as a Wood Elf female thats supposed to be modeled after Kagome from "InuYasha" the Anime/Manga. I wonder if she would've joined Empire or StormCloaks? Any suggestions? Asked in several other skyrim videos sorry if you see this more than once.