While exploring Skyrim, you will fairly often meet soldiers from both sides, who will ask you to join their side if you have made no choice, or if you belong to the opposite side. To join an army, you need to go to that army's base to join in Windhelm for the Stormcloaks, or in Solitude for the Imperial Legion. If you have not initiated a quest to join either side, you can simply travel to either base and trigger the quest by speaking to members of the leadership. Both sides have an initiation task that you must first complete before you are inducted into the faction.
Even after you are formally inducted, you will have yet one later chance to change sides. You will also be given a set of armor. Although you are not required to wear the armor, wearing the opponent's armor can result in your being accused of being a spy; ironically, this dialogue stops once you have joined one side or the other. Another implication of joining a side is that the other side now considers you an enemy. For example, if you are a Stormcloak you are no longer welcome in Imperial Camps, and after a warning, will be attacked by Imperial soldiers if you do not leave immediately.
If you join the Imperials, the second quest that you receive in the Imperial questline will be The Jagged Crown Imperial , and if you join the Stormcloaks, the second quest that you receive in that questline will be The Jagged Crown Stormcloak. At the end of this quest, you have a final opportunity to keep or change sides in the Civil War. The same achievements can be obtained regardless of which side you choose.
Three achievements 50 points; 2 Bronze and 1 Silver are unlocked by the Civil War quests. Jump to: navigation , search. Choosing Sides [ edit ] You are first asked to choose sides shortly after you escape your near-execution and the subsequent dragon attack during the Unbound quest, at the point when you choose whether to enter Helgen Keep with Ralof , a Stormcloak, or with Hadvar , an Imperial soldier.
Quests [ edit ]. Category : Skyrim-Quests. Ulfric Stormcloak himself is the flagbearer of this bandwagon, giving another, much darker layer of context to the "Skyrim belongs to the Nords" line, as they do truly mean the Nords and the Nords alone.
The Empire, however, is not that prejudiced against other races so long as they keep the gold flowing and abide by the Empire's rule.
They even accept Nords into the Imperial Legion during the conflict, and perhaps more impressively, Orcs — a famously ostracized and shunned race. Based on their characteristics, the Imperial Legion and the Empire might sound a bit standard and consequentially boring.
Their quests certainly aren't the most engaging aspect of the game. By comparison, although they share quite a bit of overlap, the Nord-themed storylines of the Stormcloak quests are a saving grace of the faction. They simply feel more meaningful and epic. That's because the Stormcloaks have less military might and very much have a guerrilla tactics vibe to their role in the conflict. Even their recruitment is more thematic , and their characters are more memorable or intimidating.
Since the Empire and the Imperials pride themselves on being an organized bunch, they're pretty fair when it comes to rewards and career advancement. The ranking system in the Imperial Legion is all about hard work and the title progression feels appropriate compared to the relatively unorthodox Stormcloaks.
Moreover, the armor and weapons of the Imperial Legion are of higher quality and look arguably better than the Stormcloaks' cheap-looking gambesons. If players ever wanted to cosplay as a Roman legionnaire that can throw fireballs and yell people to death, then joining the Imperial Legion is It's easy to see how many players ended up choosing the Stormcloaks instead.
The opening sequences of Skyrim paint them all in a better light, particularly Ralof of Riverwood. A Skyrim playthrough just doesn't hit right without his customary "good morning" bit. There's also the more obvious consideration — the Imperial Legion was trying to cut off the player's head. The Stormcloaks weren't. Bygones are bygones if you decide to join the Legion, but the fact of the matter is that they would've happily gone ahead with it had Alduin not crashed the party.
The primary seat of power in Skyrim is the city of Solitude, where the High King used to sit before Ulfric shouted him to death. While it was the Imperial emperor Tiber-Septim who declared Solitude as the capital, players ought to agree with his decision after seeing Solitude's layout. It's only the best and most aesthetically pleasing city in Skyrim sorry, Jarl Balgruuf. It also appears as the most modern and the most defensible, unlike Whiterun which can be assaulted from all angles.
Joining the Imperial Legion pretty much makes Solitude the player's home city, which is quite a privilege. A proper house there will cost the entirety of an arm and leg, however. Nobody likes the Thalmor in Skyrim due to their nefarious schemes and the fact that their noses are thoroughly upturned to the rest of the Tamrielic races.
The Empire, on the other hand, works with the Thalmor for a momentary peace, even though they're also competing against the High Elves for control.
The Stormcloaks' confidence indirectly opposing the Thalmor is admirable in its degree of bravery. Jarl Balgruuf is one of the best Jarls in Skyrim and a true fan-favorite character. Sadly, players will have to oust him if they decide to commit to the Stormcloaks. That's because Balgruuf will always choose to side with the Imperial Legion regardless of which side the players pick. That means he's pretty much the final enemy the players have to face in the Whiterun Siege if they joined the Stormcloaks.
Furthermore, the man who replaces him, Vignar Gray-Mane, is less charismatic, less wise, and needlessly abrasive compared to Balgruuf. One of the main reasons for the civil war was the banning of Talos, a Skyrim native and favorite son who founded the empire and ascended to godhood. The Thalmor are opposed to the idea of a mortal becoming divine and this made a lot of Nords very, very angry. Fighting for the Stormcloaks means fighting for the right to worship Talos and help continue this religious tradition that is central to Nord identity.
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Joining the Stormcloaks. Quote: im not trying to join both, but i only got the option to join the legion, although i did the requirements to join the stormcloaks, where i no longer can have the dialogue to take the oath. AlxCj wrote: Quote: im not trying to join both, but i only got the option to join the legion, although i did the requirements to join the stormcloaks, where i no longer can have the dialogue to take the oath.
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