The Stormcloaks: An Overview

The Nord God-Hero, Talos.



 The Stormcloaks, so called for their leader Ulfric Stormcloak, the Jarl of Windhelm, are the freedom-fighters who seek to liberate Skyrim from the control of the oppressive Empire. Their motivation is religious. Once the Empire signed a treaty with the Aldmeri Dominon that included the banning of Talos worship, the Nords of Skyrim were called to action; to fight until the death for their religious freedoms. Those that wished to fight joined Ulfric Stormcloak of Windhelm as he headed the effort to restore the Nords' old and sacred traditions. The Stormcloaks are largely a ragtag group, most of them armed with older weapons and armor that belonged to their forefathers rather than higher-quality Imperial Steel. However, the Stormcloaks fight harder and longer when they think of their ancestors, to honor them in battle, holding the same weapons that they held, until the war is one, or they die. "Freedom or Sovngarde!" is their battle cry, and when you hear it, you had better be ready for a fight, or the Stormcloaks will crush you beneath their boots in the name of Talos, and for their families and friends that worship him.

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