I get whatcha mean Jee, but if war be war, shouldn't I be all like, gatherin mah crew, getting sum homies, I'm the moffin borned-dragon boi here, who I thunk is kehwl and who aint shud matta.That gringo sent me to jail, like heeeyl I'm lettin him wear himself like a pimp and mess up dah throne I got from the whoh. Now, that my failed attempt at gangster spelling has concluded, to the point, you can also think of so many directions this war could go to if it actually worked like as strategic and immersive or at least get as close to it as realistically possible with the given abilities and previous tasks which has been building up to your expectation of becoming a renowned, respected and powerful being , especially when you're controlling such a pivotal world, culture and circumstance changing dragon pimp who has killed immortal tyrants and beaten his dragon hoes by shouting at them. This Jarl issue is one of the most painful ones to bear, I mean, come one, you don't even have a choice but to give markarth to the stormcloaks if you want to fulfill your destiny as the dragonborn, and neither sides has convinced me to join them at their petty war... dat thongvor *censored* messin' up mah vibes... --- Extra, not necessary, but supporting argument --- Leader relationship eg. Maven has friends Ey? I spent months on end constantly pursued by assassins and dragons, what can her "friends" possibly do to me where others of a wide array of characteristics have failed? I too have friends also, legendary guilds of assassins, thieves, mages and fighters who'm I can pay and continue to pay more than others with my abundant wealth which I have accumulated by numerous and immersive/vanilla means, and I have mythical beasts, monsters and great heroes for allies too. I will make sure she is never seen to rule as the jarl... or to continue existing if need be. (oh, did I mentioned I lead all these organisations?) I understand Ulfric's struggle for freedom, but his selfish and cruel ambitions and values disagrees with me, and I won him this war, so I want some specific policies changed. He will not agree? Then I challenge him with the same that he used on the previous high king of skyrim. We all know who would win *cough* slayer of alduin, miraak, harkon, directly blessed, protected and guided by several daedras and aedras, won the favour of all races of skyrim, some even the high elves themselves *cough* General Tulius has actually a more solid and better plan to resist the thalmor douches in the ultimate of things, and he doesn't really care who are jarls and kings so long as they are in imperial pockets. As I mentioned earlier, I have gold, mountains, and mountains, of wealth proportional to a small nation's that would send chills of envy to the dwarves of erebor and their mountain full of riches whom are in a completely different storyline and universe. I would have either bought them out, or other means covered by my many professions and connections. So forth, and so forth. What did we learn? being able to choose jarls is actually a fitting, and what would be an improvement on skyrim's narrative. The rest of what I said, I can merely just picture it on my head, and use it as the in-betweens to my role-play, but I cannot do the same for the jarls, who'm I actually interact with quite frequently. I don't even want completely new jarls, just the existing varieties already offered open to my choosing regardless of what the rigid, plot-holed and limited narrative they gave us for the main course. Of course, if you did either civil war quests, this wont be applicable to you due to npc dialogue limitations, as for me who's pursuing his desired destiny which the game has teased you with being perhaps possible, I could romance the one who can bring this to reality.