Skyrim: 5 Things They Never Told You About The Stormcloaks

Skyrim is a land in turmoil at the onset of The Elder Scrolls 5 as an uprising led by Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak seeks to break Skyrim free of rule from the Septim Empire. The Stormcloak cause is a controversial one, some see them as righteous liberators, restoring freedom to Skyrim - While others view them has a group of disorganized bandits with little legitimacy. However you see them, the Stormcloaks and their leader, Ulfric Stormcloak, are an iconic and influential force in the game. And like everything else in Skyrim Special Edition, there's quite a few Easter Eggs, tiny details and hidden facts surrounding them. So today we'll be taking a look at five things you (probably) didn't know about the Stormcloaks of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

[loens]

I'm sorry for being late, the troll on the 7, 000 steps to High Hrothgar was being a pain in the ass again.

[KGBBooks]

“For the love of Talos, shut up, and let’s get this over with.”
Plot twist: Akatosh intended for him to be Dragonborn, but went to the block first, and Akatosh said, “Damn, I guess that one dressed in rags will do.”

[rankovasek]

You kill the dragon that literally wants to eat the world, a guy that is also a dragonborn and is gaining power in Apocrypha and thousands of years old powerful vampire lord. You are the archmage of the college of Winterhold, leader of thieves guild and the dark brotherhood and the harbinger of Companions.


Ulfric and Galmar: "Go kiLL IcE WraITh tO sEE if YOu ArE WorThY. AlsO BRiNg ToOthS"

[classydays]

When you realise the 'old ways' Galmar is referring to was filled with Nord weapons that were superior to the elven counterparts, Nords like Azidahl, Shalidor, the Dragon Priests like Morokei who had control of the Eye of Magnus and made a staff to sync with it, Jyrik Gauldurson who enchanted his own body and his brothers who were powerful in their own right, whomever made the wooden mask that teleports the wearer *through time*, had made platforms out of magic lasting thousands of years, enchanted weapons that required no soul gems to recharge and ice weapons of which the Skaal continue to use to this day and can only be mined with a Nord pickaxe that despite being thousands of years old, is the only pickaxe strong enough to harvest it, yet despite all this the Nord nationalists are heavily against magic because they believe it's purely elven stuff.

[MaiqTheLiarProductions]

M’aiq always wondered why nords wear fur. It makes M’aiq very nervous

[elijah]

Here’s a free bonus fact on stormcloaks. If you play as one of the two beasts races, stormcloak aligned guards will always call you a slur when referring to your race, while empire aligned guards will call you by your actual race.

[chriscormac]

10:20 killing an ice wraith is a right of passage for the passage from a boy to a man in nord tradition, so he expects solders to follow nordic customs of manhood

[LendriMujina]

One theory I heard about the Ice Wraith quest is that it's because Nords are 50% resistant to Frost damage.
In other words, the test to join the Stormcloaks is one where non-Nords are at a disadvantage.

[valeclaw]

The Stormcloak ice wraith quest has a bit of a lore background. In the explorers guide to Skyrim, I think the 2nd edition, it said the coming of age ritual in the old holds was hunting ice wraiths.

[nathanwhite]

6th fact: What does Ulfric wear when it's raining?

His Stormcloak.

[ididitlikethis]

also it wasnt just because talos was human, talos to the elves is the reincarnation of lorkan, the trickster god (to the elves) that is responsible for taking away the elves immortality. Naturally lorkan is the reason men exist in the first place and that mundus exists at all, so to men lorkan is a hero and there creator. To the elves talos is lorkan reborn, so you can see why they be miffed about him being an official god of the empire. edit:cuz part was not technically corrected and removed, im not best on how to explain how the souls pledged to gods works

[professormutant]

Personally, I feel as though the stormcloak plans to invade the summerset isles heavily would revolve around you, the dragonborn. Since you were an extremely powerful asset to winning the civil war, galmar and ulfric likely factored you in as a "secret weapon" of sorts, making their plans much more feasible.

[leegaul]

I suppose it's safe to presume that Elder Scrolls 6 is going to feature some conflict with the Aldmeri.

[Apocrypha]

Last time I was this early Talos was a human known as Tiber Septim.

[kyleadriannepaderes]

Mede Dynasty: Skyrim is still part of the Empire
Stormcloaks: Skyrim belongs to the Nords
Dragonborn: How about all of you belong to me? (Looks at the Thalmor) And I mean all of you.

Thalmor: 👀

[EddyK]

People often doubt that the stormcloaks could defeat the thalmor at home, but they usually forget that if the stormcloaks win its because they have the Dragonborn, literally the most powerful being on the planet. LDB flies in riding paarthurnax and bending will on a bunch of other dragons and you wouldn’t even need an army.

[fyrfly]

Last time I was this early, Talos worship was still allowed.

[fabian]

Directly translated to english "So jung und schon bei den Sturmmänteln?" means "This young and already with the stormcloaks?" but the Quote from star wars was the short-being thingy if i recall correctly (the german quote was exactly the same in star wars as in Skyrim, except of course with 'Rebellion' instead of 'Sturmmäntel' as far as i remember).

[dland]

That quest name is interesting, maybe do a "Hilarious changed quest's name in other languages"?

[HuMaNNaTeD]

isnt it crazy that in a old game like skyrim theres still secrets and storylines to be uncovered, what a masterpiece! love it