So I'm on a Stormcloak mission to intercept imperial orders from an imperial courier... He's in the province under Whiterun's jurisdiction, which is run by Stormcloaks in my game.
I confront the imperial, tell him I want his orders, he attacks me and now the Stormcloak guards want to arrest me and charge me 1000 gold for killing his imperial soldier ass. I mean, at this point I'm pretty much a big deal. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Make sense Bethesda. Make sense.

Edit: they're* (title)

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