Your point boils down to imperial soldiers are expected to obey the empire s orders which couldn t be more obvious.
Imperial siding with stormcloaks.
But the king signed a peace treaty with their enemies to prevent war but also agreed to ban the worship of the nord s god talos.
The imperials who have dominance over tamriel believe that as a province of the empire skyrim should abide by its laws and customs.
Ulfric s actions are to blame for at least one of the reasons he gives for the rebellion so the con for siding with the stormcloaks is that it aids the thalmor.
I simply joined the stormcloaks because of a simple reason.
Stormcloaks have as opposed to imperials female guards.
And when i would reach 100 in pickpocketing i wanted to go on a quest to strip all the women in skyrim.
The stormcloaks may be racists but they aren t making slaves of people who disagree with them.
The imperials have been in skyrim for centuries.
You can get that revenge that you ve always wanted for them trying to behead you.
You see my character was a thief.
So to have more fun and see more skin i joined the stormcloaks.
Also playing as a stormcloak does one thing for you.
I think markarth is under threat because of the dodgey allegiance between the stormcloaks and the imperials there.
You re using oaths given by those serving in armies imperial stormcloak alike to prove a fallacy.
However the imperials and by proxy those in skyrim who are going along with the empire mostly because they want to keep their cushy lives and big houses have basically agreed to the practice even though in almost every elder scrolls game the pc has been tasked with fighting against the evils of slavery.
If ulfric had done the same as the high king and other jarls and just worshipped talos without making a fuss there would be no thalmor in skyrim.
While comparatively simple compared to the faction alignment systems of previous elder scrolls games choosing a side to take up arms for in skyrim s civil war can still.
In all seriousness when you choose stormcloak many things.
The imperial legion see the stormcloaks as traitors for wishing to secede from the empire and ulfric s killing of high king torygg.
Markarth while officially owned by the imperials is in turmoil from corruption.
Balgruuf the greater isn t being bullied by the legion into following the empire.
Most groups were more motivated by the desire to stop the thalmor but liberal imperials were ever so slightly more motivated into siding with the empire because of the racism of the stormcloaks.
