I am not sure if this has been made before, but if so, my apologies.

Okay, so I thought this thread would be pretty cool and maybe fun towards others to make. Who do you want to be the High King or Queen of Skyrim?

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Skald the Elder - A old man and Jarl of Dawnstar for the Stormcloak. He is a very cranky old man and does not care for the people of Dawnstar.

Brina Merilis - A legionnaire that served in the Great War and Jarl of Dawnstar for the Empire. She seems friendly and appears to care for the people of Dawnstar.

Siddgeir - A lazy boy who is the Jarl of Falkreath for the Empire. He sits on his throne all day and get drunk.

Dengeir of Stuhn - A old man who is paranoid, yet he serves Falkreath as Jarl if Stormcloaks were to win the Civil War. He seems friendly, but he thinks almost everyone is an Imperial spy.

Igmund - He is somewhat experienced in leading a hold and tries his best to stop the Forsworn. He is the Jarl of Markarth for the Empire.

Thongvor Silver-Blood - He is experienced in leading a hold, tries his best to stop the Forsworn, but has a bad temper towards people. He is the Jarl of Markarth for the Stormcloaks.

Idgrod Ravencrone - A old lady who cares for her people, yet has visions that interest her. She is never rude towards people and tries to be polite. She is the Jarl of Morthal for the Empire.

Sorli the Builder - A lady who runs Stonehills for Thane Bryling of Solitude. She seems friendly, but is inexperienced in leading a hold. She is the Jarl of Morthal for the Stormcloaks.

Laila Law-Giver - The Jarl of Riften for the Stormcloaks who is "owned" by Maven Black-Briar. She is oblivious, yet is experienced, friendly, and trustworthy towards everybody.

Maven Black-Briar - The Jarl of Riften for the Empire; she is corrupt and evil. She has ties with the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves Guild. She technically controls the city of Riften.

Elisif the Fair - Late High King Torygg's widow, she is the Jarl of Solitude; very inexperienced for her position, she still has a legitimate claim to the throne of High Queen.

Balgruuf the Greater - Whiterun Jarl for the Empire, Balgruuf is trustworthy and has his people in his thoughts. He tries to remain neutral during any type of disaster.

Vignar Gray-Mane - Head of Clan Gray-Mane of Whiterun and Jarl Whiterun for the Stormcloaks, he is part of the Compansions, a great warrior that served in the Imperial Legion during the Great War, yet he is somewhat cranky due to his age.

Ulfric Stormcloak - Leader of the Stormcloak Rebellion and Jarl Windhelm for the Stormcloaks, he is a great warrior, politician, and also has a legitimiate claim on the throne with Elisif.

Brunwulf Free-Winter - Jarl Windhelm for the Empire, he served in the Great War and is classified was a war hero towards the Dunmer people of the Gray Quarter of Windhelm.

Korir - A somewhat inexperienced Winterhold Jarl for the Stormcloaks who does not trust mages. He dislikes all elves, including his steward.

Kraldar- Inexperienced Winterhold Jarl for the Empire, he possesses a friendship with Archmage Savos Aren. He tells everyone that they are just scholars seeking to learn magic and not planning to destroy anything.


=-=-=-=My Answers=-=-=-=
Stormcloak - Vignar Gray-Mane, because he is a great warrior and has been on Nirn longer than Ulfric.

Empire - Idgrod Ravencrone, because she has visions and cares for her people. She would be suited towards the throne, yet she may be threatened by people that does not like her.

Sorli the Builder needs to get back to the kitchen and make me a sandwich... I'm hungry.

I'm actually really split between Balgruuf and Elisif. I'll chose Balgruuf though.

Elisif seems a very kind hearted and well meaning ruler (just listen to her dialogue in the blue palace). In time she could become a strong ruler, I would just give her some time.

However, I will go with Balgruuf because he seems like a nords choice, he protects his lands bravely, chooses the right side and helps the dragonborn on all the way through the main quest.

stormcloak- Skald the Elder
empire- Siddgeir.

You forgot idgrod.

True. Elisif needs more time, maybe Balgruuf can make her the Jarl of Whiterun.


A cranky old person and a lazy boy...? Really... haha

Sorry haha

For the Stormcloaks, I'd go with the Stormcloak himself. As for the Empire, Balgruuf is, in my opinion, the best option.

yes
all hail the spoilt rich bastard.
all hail the dumb old fool.

This.

Unless Ulfric challenges Elisif to single combat, it must be Elisif.

That sweet innocent, young, pretty, grieving widow who needs a big hairy Dovakhin shoulder to cry on and potentially remarry to...

You forgot to mention that Vignar was a commander in the imperial legion for 30yrs and fought/led in the Great War.

He is clearly the right man for the throne

He would need to prove himself...by fighting Nazeem in single combat.

Nazeem, the hardest NPC in the game to defeat haha

In Dengeir's defense he was deposed in an Imperial conspiracy, in which spies bribed his nobles, also he quick to relent on at least on man being a spy when you show him proof to the contrary.

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I may choose Balgruuf. But the Nordies can do what they want, they shall be doomed in the end by their own actions.

ha well old Vignar has proved himself to me by being the only person in Whiterun who had my back when I accidentally hit Adrienne trying to kill those damn vamps. It was epic, me and Vignar against all of Whiterun and the best part is that he happened to face off against Olfrid Battle-born by himself and made that old fool kneel...if I was on PC I would've recorded that and shared it here to spread the joy

Naturally I reloaded and pretended it was all a wet dream but it was still epic that me and Vignar whooped all of Whiterun

Ulfric is the man of the hour in my opinion but... I think a potential alternative leader wouldn't even be a jarl but......Galmar.

Galmar may seem like a vicious barbaric thug, but if you pay attention to his words, ideas and suggestions, you can see that this guy has a lot of it figured out, and probably just doesn't realize it yet. Sometimes he almost seems to be the voice of reason to a stressed out Ulfric.

I suppose Galmar is rather similar to Daryl Dixon from Walking Dead... really resourceful guy, clearly no fool, and excellent leadership potential but just doesn't seem to realise it.

Balgruuf is a great Jarl at a time of civil war, but I don't think he really has what it takes to be high king. At heart he is a stormcloak and a talos supporter, though his good senses keep him on the seemingly stronger side of the devil he knows... the empire.

For the empire, Elisif does the job really well. To be honest, the "high king" under the empire almost seems like a joke now, but Elisif at least seems like a nice and non threatening person and I guess that could work for the empire and skyrim. She would be a difficult person to go up against because who would have the heart to hurt or kill her? even hardened stormcloaks would probably cringe at the thought of her being executed.

Perhaps one of the most interesting candidates would be Idgrod Ravencrone. There is one character that could almost deserve a DLC all to herself. A psychic Jarl, with psychic offspring. It's one thing to be wise, intelligent and educated, and a whole other to have psychic abilities. Idgrod seems to have all of these things and her children may prove to be uniquely capable too. A Skyrim under her rule would at least be interesting...

You have a point.

Only for about a year or so...

Ulfric is the true High King of Skyrim. But I'll play along with the Imps for a min & give it to Balgruuf the Greater.

The stormcloak part is hard because none of them have proven to be good leaders that are respected by the people for the Empire you at least have the Dunmer in winterhold who actually gives a damn about winterhold, Free-winter who wants to change windhelm but lacks the funds and support from the nords to do so, the imperial legion veteran in Dawnstar who isn't a fanatic like the previous jail and Balgruuf.

That's an odd criticism considering the fact that the name of the nationalist rebellion is based on the name of a Jarl that has huge support in Skyrim...

Ulfric hasn't really done anything to prove he is a good or competent leader, it was his decree that forced the argonians to stay outside of the city and he basically lead Windhelm to bankruptcy.

He just hasn't proved anything to you. I'm sure to the Nordic Dunderheads he rules, isolating the Lizards from the Master Race was a preferable middle ground from outright killing them.