Dweedle Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I'm not trying to create a debate between the two factions so if possible can we please keep that free from this. Please note I am also using many realistic mods like Frostfall, Needs etc. What I am doing is I am making a Nord female and her name will be Torja Iron-Fist and she (immersive start mod story start) lives in Winterhold and frequents the tavern there. Her background is that she is essentially a nomad who, as previously said, frequents the Winterhold tavern and makes a living by bounty hunting in that hold by taking jobs from the Jarls steward. She is indifferent towards the College and does not believe that they caused the great collapse but she is not a native of Winterhold so she keeps her opinion of the college to herself. She has no major negative feelings towards any of the other races in Tamriel but does have a small amount of distrust towards High Elves and Wood Elves who she does not know personally. She still worships Talos and agrees with Ulfrics stance on the white gold concordant. However she also knows of Ulfrics attitude towards anyone who is not a Nord and is reluctant to join them at all because of this. She respects Ulfric however. But, equally, she does not like the Empire for letting Talos worship be banned. She has heard little of General Tullius but the little she has heard make him sound like an honourable yet slightly intolerant, or likely ignorant, of Nordic culture. (I know Tullius is a decent guy, but Torja is unsure this why im Roleplaying haha). She has NO idea about Helgen yet either, she has heard rumours at the Tavern and is thinking of travelling to investigate but she needs more coin and resources to do so. --- So, thats sort of the basics of what im going for, but because she is conflicted on both the Imperials and Stormcloaks I find it hard to choose a side for her.. what would you guys/gals suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasperTheLich Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) can you give us a better idea of her personality. from what you've said it seems like she would lean more towards the stormcloaks then the empire. would she look before she leaps, or is she more impulsive for instance? i think if she looks too hard at the stormcloaks she might not like what she sees, though she might not sign-on with the empire either, seeing as she is a devout talos worshipper it seems? Burenwolf (I don’t think my spelling is accurate here) seems to hate ulfric & disagrees with the standard stormcloak sayings but still calls himself a stormcloak unless the empire takes windhelm. You could roleplay your character as a stormcloak who hopes to level out the elitist dogma through her service to skyrim. I had a darkelf who kind of did that, even though her reason for joining the storkcloaks was the fact she didn’t care who she served as long as she got to kill imperials. (she held a fairly large grudge for a very long time until she eventually leveled herself out) ---editsomething someone else said a while back might sway your character’s mind, let me recall... it twas something along the lines of "ulfric is using the name of talos to justify destroying the very empire he built so he can name himself high king- that is beyond heresy too me" or something like that. ---edit againthat little sentence swayed the mind of a few of my nord character who would have gone stormcloak otherwise Edited December 6, 2012 by Invisible Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweedle Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 might go for Imperial then.. But to be more in depth she is cautious, surviving the North of Skyrim requires patience and caution so she is not impulsive and plans ahead and makes sure she has all the facts to make an educated decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasperTheLich Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 then i'd say it seems she would go imperial then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweedle Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 hmm, still not decided yet.. ahh well, may stay neutral for awhile... gotta get the resources to leave winterhold first, possibly the most deadly area with frostfall haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrgeNexus Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sounds to me like Imperial would be the best fit. The Stormcloaks are rash, impulsive and passionate. The Imperials are playing the long game rather than spark up another war so soon after the worst in recent history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighthandofSithis Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Well, remember not all Stormcloaks are racist. Ralof and the others during the opening scene willingly help and accept you, regardless of race. And Ralofs family seems rather tolerant of other races, notably the Bosmer working for them. And Lalia Law-Giver seems racially tolerant. And have we heard any complaints by Vignar about the Dunmer in the Companions? Edited December 6, 2012 by RighthandofSithis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 And Lalia Law-Giver seems racially tolerant. To be fair, i think Lalia seems so utterly incompetant that she probably doesn't even know theres more than one race... She probaly just thinks Dunmer are ugly nords... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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