Unfortunately, it seems that Ulfric’s demands in Markarth, as had inadvertently allowed the Thalmor to start roaming Skyrim, killing Talos worshipers.īefore the events of Skyrim, it turns out that, as long as you weren’t blatantly obvious about it, the Imperials turned a blind eye to any Talos worship. You’re free to join the Imperials and they don’t exactly give you a warm welcome (although they absolve you of your involvement with Stormcloaks) but for both sides, you’re more of a useful pawn than anything else. They were all just “yeah we don’t know who s/he is but sure let him/her die as well”. Really it’s an administrative error thanks to that bitch lieutenant woman who just said to kill you anyway, but I find it really weird that NONE of the Stormcloaks… spoke up for you. “I’m not a Stormcloak, honest!” probably wouldn’t convince anyone. But why would they spare you? They caught you alongside a whole bunch of Stormcloaks. Of course, it’s easy to side with the Stormcloaks because you’re about to be executed at the start of the game by Imperials.
Clearly, when everyone else is recovering from a massive war with huge numbers of casualties, that’s the perfect time to start another war, isn’t it? The empire’s armies, which consisted of large numbers of Nords, need to recover, because everyone knows the Thalmor will attack again. In exchange for ending the war and giving themselves a chance to rebuild, the treaty the empire signed with the Thalmor banned the worship of Talos.
You see, the time in which Skyrim is set, the empire is recovering from a war with the Thalmor. But you have to pick a time and place to fight for these things. Those are fair, noble causes worth fighting for. They want to freely worship Talos and they want Skyrim’s independence. Skyrim’s gameplay does push you towards the Stormcloaks, but honestly, I never felt that the Stormcloaks were… justified. On the other side, you have the Imperials trying to keep the empire together. On one side, you have Stormcloaks trying to make Skyrim a separate entity, its own country/empire/state/whatever. The Civil War in Skyrim is one of the game’s main themes.
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