All quotes are taken from The Skyrim Blog.
“...Skyrim under [the] Empire benefits. Its people benefit…” Rumpel, an Imperial loyalist, shows his loyalty to the empire with this comment. What I am trying to showcase as the base of the Imperial side of the argument is that it is a more logical argument than that of the Stormcloaks. The people on The Skyrim Blog that support the Empire tend to look at the bigger picture. They know that the real threat is the Dominion, and that the Empire is the only faction with a hope of defeating it. The Empire is concerned with the greater good.
Some people that support the Empire do it because they would rather not support the Stormcloaks. Check out this comment from Samjt: “I went Imperials. They are more diplomatic and equal, whereas the Stormcloaks are racist and selfish.” He is plainly stating that he doesn't like the Stormcloaks because they are racists. The Empire is tolerant of all races, which is a major reason that so many different people side with them, and is the main reason that the Imperial Legion received the majority of the votes in the poll above. The Stormcloaks make life very difficult for anyone that isn't a Nord, and thus the people on the site who don't role-play as Nords are more apt to side with the Empire. In fact, Ulfric is one of the most racist major characters in a video game that I have ever encountered. And it shows. A lot of the comments on the Skyrim Blog were berating Ulfric personally, like this comment from Kuz: “I went with the Imperials because I prefer a unified Empire, also Ulfric is an asshole.”
The Empire's argument is justified. The continent of Tamriel will benefit greatly if Skyrim is reinstated as an Imperial province and the troops that are fighting the Empire would instead fight with them against the Dominion. But, with each passing month that the Civil War rages, the Empire uses valuable resources that it could be using to prepare for the second inevitable conflict with the elves. The Dominion is the larger threat, and the Thalmor are everyone's enemy. The commander of the Imperial forces in Skyrim, General Tullius, sums this up with his dying words (should the player choose to help the Stormcloaks). He says to Ulfric: “You realize this is exactly what they wanted…The Thalmor. They stirred up trouble here. Forced us to divert needed resources and throw away good soldiers quelling this rebellion…We aren’t the bad guys, you know.” This implies that if the Empire and the Stormcloaks do not unite, which is the Empire's main goal in stopping Ulfric, that the Dominion will win and everyone, be it Imperial or Stormcloak, will pay the price.
Some people that support the Empire do it because they would rather not support the Stormcloaks. Check out this comment from Samjt: “I went Imperials. They are more diplomatic and equal, whereas the Stormcloaks are racist and selfish.” He is plainly stating that he doesn't like the Stormcloaks because they are racists. The Empire is tolerant of all races, which is a major reason that so many different people side with them, and is the main reason that the Imperial Legion received the majority of the votes in the poll above. The Stormcloaks make life very difficult for anyone that isn't a Nord, and thus the people on the site who don't role-play as Nords are more apt to side with the Empire. In fact, Ulfric is one of the most racist major characters in a video game that I have ever encountered. And it shows. A lot of the comments on the Skyrim Blog were berating Ulfric personally, like this comment from Kuz: “I went with the Imperials because I prefer a unified Empire, also Ulfric is an asshole.”
The Empire's argument is justified. The continent of Tamriel will benefit greatly if Skyrim is reinstated as an Imperial province and the troops that are fighting the Empire would instead fight with them against the Dominion. But, with each passing month that the Civil War rages, the Empire uses valuable resources that it could be using to prepare for the second inevitable conflict with the elves. The Dominion is the larger threat, and the Thalmor are everyone's enemy. The commander of the Imperial forces in Skyrim, General Tullius, sums this up with his dying words (should the player choose to help the Stormcloaks). He says to Ulfric: “You realize this is exactly what they wanted…The Thalmor. They stirred up trouble here. Forced us to divert needed resources and throw away good soldiers quelling this rebellion…We aren’t the bad guys, you know.” This implies that if the Empire and the Stormcloaks do not unite, which is the Empire's main goal in stopping Ulfric, that the Dominion will win and everyone, be it Imperial or Stormcloak, will pay the price.
The Empire is what I consider prosperity at the cost of dignity. Their Jarls may help make Skyrim prosper in the long run but they are profit driven above all else and disregards their personal dignity. They cowardly accepted the Concordat which was the exact demands in the first place (so not only lives were wasted but in the end the AD got what they wanted) with no counteroffers forcing AD to surrender some limited terms. They may help Skyrim rebuild faster but if you enjoy giving up every personal bit of dignity for some coin I am disappointed in that fact.
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