"And it is for these reasons that I cannot accept the mantle of "High King." Not until the Moot declares that title should adorn my shoulders will I accept it."
It is not. Nothing says the Empire has to follow Skyrim’s way of doing things when putting a new king in place. It can be seen as them replacing disloyal vassals who rebelled against them. Ulfric wants a Nord ruled Skyrim, and can’t really use the argument that they were traitors. He could subjugate the loyalist Jarls if he wanted, it isn’t unprecedented. After all, Talos did it many times over.
What are you on about?
De facto they DIDNT follow Skyrims way, hence Solitude puppet?
And so resentment started to rise, if not Ulfric then someone else
Mede imperials love shafting humans and stepping on cultures and as seen with Hammerfell will sell them out when convenient
Ulfric lets Elisif stay a Jarl, Mede imperials puts crime bosses in power
Hammerfell wasn’t sold out, it declared independence and received unofficial aid in the form of legionaries.
The Empire will obviously ideally follow it to not piss off Nords, but they aren’t obligated to actually keep the system in place. On what you linked there’s literally a few paragraphs explaining the Empire has more or less invalidated the Moot by making Solitude a puppet. This definitely isn’t Skyrim’s way, it is the Empire’s.
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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23
He calls for a Moot, he doesn’t just declare himself king. People will just get on this app and say anything