Now the nords are fighting for freedom and liberation of there land from the imperials Legion.

One of the main reasons they are fighting Is so they can freely worship talos but,.......

would talos really want the stormcloaks to take skyrim. I mean he was part of the legion and was one of the main components on conquering Tamriel.

So Is the stormcloaks cause a good cause?

TELL ME PLS

"This war's as stupid as our feud with Clan Gray-Mane." - Alfhild Battle-Born

One of talos's avatars speaks to the nerevarine in morrowind and says the empire is on a decline and going to fall soon, and basically that every empire needs to eventually fall.


However, the stormcloak's xenophobia goes against the vision of talos's united empire, and on top of that, for skyrim to have a civil war now is unwise while there is a bigger threat like the dominion.


Ulfric is basically a sleeper agent for the dominion, he was "let go", made to think he escaped from them but they wanted him to escape because they knew he was power hungry with visions of grandeur and would split the empire in skyrim with his influence among the people of skyrim.


So I personally think that talos wouldn't side with either, or at the very least temporarily side with the empire to unite skyrim, then take the fight to the dominion.

I'm gonna get some popcorn now.

Make a big batch.

Super bummed that there isn't a popcorn eating emoji.

Exxxxxxxtra butter.

Yeah, we've got cookies, cake, ice cream, and beverages. No popcorn.

There's two possible answers:

Talos sides with the Empire, because Empire.

Talos sides with the Stormcloaks, because wrong dynasty of Emperors.

Your choice.

Which aspect, OPer: Tiber Septim or Wulfharth?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36069651/SkyrimCivilWar.jpg

or, sides with neither because the entire conflict is facepalm worthy

Me too me too!! And a big soft drink!

To the OP, it's all a matter of opinion...

Don't forget Zurin Arctus.

My wood elf views the civil war with sadness. It seems that the round ears do not grasp that only by uniting do they have any chance of defeating the Thalmor. It is not a question as to whether Skyrim will be ruled by the Empire or the Stormcloaks but, rather a question of whether Skyrim will be ruled by humans or the Dominion. So. . . I'd like to imagine Talos would be wise enough to urge the humans to unite against the real enemy.

buttered, please.

Talos would side with the Empire because they take baths. Stormcloaks just stand out in the rain to get clean. Hey, even gods don't like stench.

Hey speak for yourself! My Nords regularly go for swims in the White River!

IF.....the Contessa took a side in the CW it would be Stormies......and she does bathe, with soaps and finest fragrences. As a nord, she worships Talos (and to a lesser degree Dibella )


Standing out in the rain to get clean like some pelt wearing commoner is not the way of aristocracy, even for one who supports Stormcloak ideals (think...Laila Lawgiver).

Butter but light on the salt...pretty please!

I've done the CW from both sides...but personally I think Ulfric and Emperor both could use a Caste Iron Frying Pan upside the back of the head.... Just saying...

but as far as we know, "Talos" as a god seems to have technically originated from the Imperial Pantheon, not the Nordic one (although who can know for sure i guess.. Talos wasn't a god until post-daggerfall, and due to the nature of the Warp in the West we may never truly know which culture actually embraced him first.. although, considering Cyrodiil has "hero cults", it was likely they worshipped Tiber to an extent pre-warp in the west before Talos as a god was formed)




Skyrim screwed up quite badly when it came to the actual Nordic Pantheon.. almost the entire province doesn't know a thing about the Actual Nordic pantheon, 99% of the Nords in Skyrim are all worshiping the Imperial Pantheon.. I supposed they did it to provide some continuity to the people who played Oblivion, but it was still a muck up on bethesda's part..

its funny when the In game Stormcloak supporter NPCs talk about how they need to return to "the old ways" while the very same NPC is only acknowledging the Imperial pantheon..

Yep I agree, it should've been like Morrowind. The local native pantheon and the Imperial Cult, two opposing religions. I too find it funny when SC npc's talk about the old ways without mentioning the old Nordic pantheon.

Other way around. The text http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Reflections_on_Cult_Worship puts the Imperial Cult of Tiber Septim as a "Nordic hero cult". Which makes sense, given that Ysmir is a semi-divine figure among the Nords and Talos being seen as Ysmir is part of the reason they joined him to begin with. Talos' official story even capitilizes on Nordic cultural themes, like being blessed by the Greybeards, coming from Atmora and such.

Anyway, Wulfharth would side against the Empire, because he wouldn't bow to elves. Tiber Septim as he was in life would probably side with the Empire. And Zurin Arctus is an unknown.

As for Talos the God, I leave you with the words of Wulf:

• Ghostgate: "This is a helluva place. Why are you here?"
  
  • Perhaps I should keep my business here secret: "Suit yourself. I don't know why you'd bother to keep anything a secret here. I was just wondering if you might be headed inside the Ghostfence to Dagoth Ur."
  
  
  • I am the Nerevarine, and I go to confront Dagoth Ur in his citadel: "What a piece of luck! Look. I'm an old Legion veteran, as old as the poor old Emperor, bless his soul. I'm too old for campaigning. I came this far to look at hell. But I can't go any farther than this. I'd take it kindly if you'd carry this old lucky coin with you when you go to Dagoth Ur. Sort of a token of the tough young hero I used to be. Would you do that for an old man?"
    
    • I'm sorry, but my mother told me never to accept gifts from strangers: "You're a suspicious sort. But maybe I can't blame you. Worried about a request from a strange old man in a strange place like this. Well, I won't press you. But I would sure be grateful for the favor, if you could see your way to changing your mind."
    
    
    • I'll take your old lucky coin to Dagoth Ur with me: "That's very kind of you. Here's the coin. I've had it with me a long time, and it's always brought me luck. But I have no more use for it, and I'd like to pass it on to somebody younger. Somebody going places I can't go anymore. Your generation's shaper of history... an engine of destiny. That coin will bring you luck on the mountain. I promise. 'For Emperor and Empire,' as we say in the legions. Go with Kynareth."
    
    
  
  


• Poor Old Emperor: "The Emperor is getting old. Don't know how much longer he'll hang on. So is the whole Empire, for that matter. Getting old, that is. The Emperor and the legions have held the Empire together for hundreds of years. It's been a good thing, by and large. But maybe it's time for a change. Time for something young and new. What? No idea. Because I'm old. Old dog doesn't get new ideas. But maybe young folks like you should try some new ideas. I don't know. Could be messy. But change is never pretty."


• Wulf: "Wulf. That's me."

Edit:

Tdroid.....fascinating thank you for that.....The ancient nords of Atmora would be an interesting bunch to assemble research on.


Bethesda do actually employ a Lore Master to keep track of the developments and keep the Lore intact. However, as you imply ( rather than state) Bethesda deliberately introduces some degree on uncertainty into the time line, just as happens with real world history.


This makes getting to bottom of anything an interesting and at times frustrating business and may end up with two or more similar but different versions of events...equally valid and you believe what you wish!