[Lady Shocka]

Well, you can't know everything.

Alas, I know. I just act like I do.

[Laura Ellaby]

Alas, I know. I just act like I do.

That's the spirit!

[Angela Woods]

@ you guys.

[Noraima Vega]

I saw http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=i+shout+for+Skyrim+ulfric#/d5ec00zas I updated the front page of DeviantART, so I though I should share it here

[Amanda Leis]

I saw http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=i+shout+for+Skyrim+ulfric#/d5ec00zas I updated the front page of DeviantART, so I though I should share it here

That one was amazing! (And Celan can't complain about the nose, either )

[Kevin S]

Wow, that one's really good.

[Gaelle Courant]

It's awesome and kind of hot too.

[Becky Palmer]

Not really Ulfric-related, but I'd like to share some insights from the life on the other - Legion - side:
1. Clearing Fort Dunstad. Look, here's the toilets. Two copies of "A Children's Anaud" and ... a Potion of True Shot. Ooo-kay. (Too bad is wasn't Fortify Two-Handed, then I'd probably still be in a heap on the floor, shaking with laughter.)
2. Tullius is clueless. "Here take this blade blah blah blah." *Orcish shield added*
3. Oh. My. God. The Legion is BOOOORING!!! Lyn, you were absolutely right about this. Tullius has about as much humor as a shoe, Rikke is all dry effectiveness, and just compare the greeting when you meet Ralof outside Korvanjund ("Heeey!" all smile and "it's good to see you" in a way that made me want to give him a big hug and say it was good to see him, too) with Hadvar's not so entusiastic greeting and general "I'm so bored that I'm falling to sleep"-attitude.

All that keeps me going now is the reward: Ulfric as my dead thrall.

[Rhysa Hughes]

3. Oh. My. God. The Legion is BOOOORING!!! Lyn, you were absolutely right about this. Tullius has about as much humor as a shoe, Rikke is all dry effectiveness, and just compare the greeting when you meet Ralof outside Korvanjund ("Heeey!" all smile and "it's good to see you" in a way that made me want to give him a big hug and say it was good to see him, too) with Hadvar's not so entusiastic greeting and general "I'm so bored that I'm falling to sleep"-attitude.

Yup. I'd have to really, REALLY, love the Empire to go through that again. And that may be my biggest reason for playing the Stormcloak side. I don't play games to be bored, does anybody? The Stormcloak side is fun. It has personality and personalities. The interactions feel personal. The Legion is just... well, it's like you're just another cog in a very dull machine.

I got a random greeting once from Galmar that involved something about where the Emperor could stick his treaty and I can't remember the exact words but I do know that someone's "nether regions" were specifially mentioned. It was so unexpected (prolly shouldn't have been coming from Galmar, but still) and I almost fell off my chair laughing. All I did was walk up to him in the Palace and that's what he blurts out. Rikke's never gonna be that entertaining in a million years.

[Charlotte Lloyd-Jones]

Yup. I'd have to really, REALLY, love the Empire to go through that again. And that may be my biggest reason for playing the Stormcloak side. I don't play games to be bored, does anybody? The Stormcloak side is fun. It has personality and personalities. The interactions feel personal. The Legion is just... well, it's like you're just another cog in a very dull machine.

I got a random greeting once from Galmar that involved something about where the Emperor could stick his treaty and I can't remember the exact words but I do know that someone's "nether regions" were specifially mentioned. It was so unexpected (prolly shouldn't have been coming from Galmar, but still) and I almost fell off my chair laughing. All I did was walk up to him in the Palace and that's what he blurts out. Rikke's never gonna be that entertaining in a million years.

So true, so true. They're much more entertaining in Season Unending, too. And then walking the 7000 Steps with Galmar and Ulfric while The Nose shouts trolls and bears off the mountainside- priceless. So was encountering the Thalmor patrol outside Ivarstead. I couldn't have scripted it any better.

Ralof is much better. I found Hadvar annoying, even without the bug where he followed me around for a while.

You know what I also love- when a Stormcloak soldier in one of the camps puts his hand on his chest, does that little bow and greets you with whatever your latest battle moniker is. Ah, Nords.

[Terry]

I got a random greeting once from Galmar that involved something about where the Emperor could stick his treaty and I can't remember the exact words but I do know that someone's "nether regions" were specifially mentioned. It was so unexpected (prolly shouldn't have been coming from Galmar, but still) and I almost fell off my chair laughing. All I did was walk up to him in the Palace and that's what he blurts out. Rikke's never gonna be that entertaining in a million years.

Galmar has some great lines. Too bad they didn't give Ulfric more than ONE greeting line when the war is over. Galmar has at least four or five different, maybe even more I haven't heard, but we all know how busy Ulfric is...

So true, so true. They're much more entertaining in Season Unending, too. And then walking the 7000 Steps with Galmar and Ulfric while The Nose shouts trolls and bears off the mountainside- priceless. So was encountering the Thalmor patrol outside Ivarstead. I couldn't have scripted it any better.

Well, seeing Ulfric being constantly knocked to the ground by Ivarstead guards was kinda hilarious, too... (Especially since he never gives up, verbally.) I reckon he must have been at his lowest level (10, I think?), but he must level up somehow (remember I'm still on patch 1.5), because when I walked with him from Solitude (several levels later) he could handle himself much better in battles. Not only against mudcrabs, he decided to take out those bandits in Fort Fellhammer's courtyard as well. (And the Pale Imperial Camp, but I think I told you about that one.)

Ralof is much better. I found Hadvar annoying, even without the bug where he followed me around for a while.

I like Ralof more and more for each time I go through Helgen. I never follow Hadvar unless it's for specific RP reasons - and most characters I take through Helgen are test characters anyway, so I might just as well go with Ralof. The other day I did a new Breton (not to play, only to test if I could get her to look like a character from one of my stories), and I swear, by the time I got her to Riverwood, she would have married Ralof on the spot if she could.

[Aaron Clark]

I like Ralof more and more for each time I go through Helgen. I never follow Hadvar unless it's for specific RP reasons - and most characters I take through Helgen are test characters anyway, so I might just as well go with Ralof. The other day I did a new Breton (not to play, only to test if I could get her to look like a character from one of my stories), and I swear, by the time I got her to Riverwood, she would have married Ralof on the spot if she could.

My character http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/subrosa_florens/Skyrim/Skyrim193.jpg did want to marry him (Out of all the NPCs in the game, he is the one I found most romantically interesting. Which is saying something, since I am a lisbian myself!). I was so disappointed that he was not marryable. At least not without fiddling with mods or the command console.

[dell]

My character http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/subrosa_florens/Skyrim/Skyrim193.jpg did want to marry him (Out of all the NPCs in the game, he is the one I found most romantically interesting. Which is saying something, since I am a lisbian myself!). I was so disappointed that he was not marryable. At least not without fiddling with mods or the command console.

...And he wants her, too, that's quite clear!

Not making Ralof (or, for what matters, Hadvar) marriable is just another evil move from the devs. Here we have this guy, a really nice and cute guy, you are prisoners together, you help each other escape Helgen, you get to meet his family, if you join the 'Cloaks you fight at least a part of the war together... And then they leave him, alone and bitter at Sleeping Giant Inn, still wearing his uniform, and we can't even marry him! Not even have him as a follower!

[matt oneil]

Here we have this guy, a really nice and cute guy, you are prisoners together, you help each other escape Helgen, you get to meet his family, if you join the 'Cloaks you fight at least a part of the war together...

Played! When are y'all gonna' realize that having y'all meet our families is just a ploy to get y'all in bed?

[Marina Leigh]

Here we have this guy, a really nice and cute guy, you are prisoners together, you help each other escape Helgen,

That is the part that hooks me on Ralof. That opening scene of the game where is talking to you. He comes across as this really cool guy. He is personable and down-to-nirn. He does not try to act all tough to impress you or anyone else. He just acts like himself. He even muses on his old girlfriend (who has the same name as a http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Vilod at Helgen! ). Yet at the same time he is filled with quiet courage, facing his death with the grim aplomb that one expects of a Nord. He is why my characters all sympathize with the Stormcloaks. When you compare how he introduces you to the Stormcloaks, and how Hadvar introduces you to the Imperials ("Not on the list? Well off to the block you go anyway. Nice and easy prisoner"), it is hard not to at least support the 'cloaks, even if you do not join them outright.

Played! When are y'all gonna' realize that having y'all meet our families is just a ploy to get y'all in bed?

Who needs a bed? Any one of those piles of hay would have do fine for Hrafn!

[Vicki Gunn]

He wasn't saying the girl he was sweet on was named Vilod- that's not how I heard it anyway. "This is Helgen. I used to be sweet on a girl from here." Full stop. "I wonder if Vilod is still making that mead with jyooniper berries in it. Funny. Imperial walls and towers..." etc He's just sort of listing off his reminiscences about Helgen.

I love that opening sequence. Can't believe people mod it out.

The line that really endears me to Ralof is "I don't think Galmar even knows my name." My Stormcloak will make sure that Galmar knows his name.

[Umpyre Records]

Who needs a bed? Any one of those piles of hay would have do fine for Hrafn!

"No dear, those aren't fingernail scratches on my back. They're from the hay. Wait...what? Ummm...have you lost weight? "

[matt]

He wasn't saying the girl he was sweet on was named Vilod- that's not how I heard it anyway. "This is Helgen. I used to be sweet on a girl from here." Full stop. "I wonder if Vilod is still making that mead with jyooniper berries in it. Funny. Imperial walls and towers..." etc He's just sort of listing off his reminiscences about Helgen.

It is the way he first wistfully muses about the girl he was sweet on, and then goes on about Vilod, that makes me think they are one in the same person. I always thought that Vilod was supposed to be female, and someone just accidentally made her male. Like the way Oblivion NPCs were often referred to in the dialogue as being of the opposite gender. I could be wrong of course, and maybe they really are supposed to be two separate subjects.

[Charlotte Buckley]

Played! When are y'all gonna' realize that having y'all meet our families is just a ploy to get y'all in bed?

Then you'd better tell Ralof, since he never gets to that part!

It is the way he first wistfully muses about the girl he was sweet on, and then goes on about Vilod, that makes me think they are one in the same person. I always thought that Vilod was supposed to be female, and someone just accidentally made her male. Like the way Oblivion NPCs were often referred to in the dialogue as being of the opposite gender. I could be wrong of course, and maybe they really are supposed to be two separate subjects.

I agree here, the way he says it makes it sound like the mead-making Vilod is the girl he's talking about. It's possible the lines are written the way Celan describes, but in that case I almost wonder if the actor misunderstood. It's not like Vilod's name makes his gender clear.

[Andrew Tarango]

Then you'd better tell Ralof, since he never gets to that part!

Oh, believe me: he RPs that he has.

It's not like Vilod's name makes http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Vilod http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Vilod clear.

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[Je suis]

Oh, believe me: he RPs that he has.

Can't argue with that!

[Natasha Biss]

You know what I also love- when a Stormcloak soldier in one of the camps puts his hand on his chest, does that little bow and greets you with whatever your latest battle moniker is. Ah, Nords.

Yeah, that's so awesome.

Well, seeing Ulfric being constantly knocked to the ground by Ivarstead guards was kinda hilarious, too... (Especially since he never gives up, verbally.) I reckon he must have been at his lowest level (10, I think?), but he must level up somehow (remember I'm still on patch 1.5), because when I walked with him from Solitude (several levels later) he could handle himself much better in battles. Not only against mudcrabs, he decided to take out those bandits in Fort Fellhammer's courtyard as well. (And the Pale Imperial Camp, but I think I told you about that one.)

I guess he does level up with the character, I know when I took him as a follower near the end of the CW questline and checked his stats he was already at 50. He couldn't have been that when I first encountered him. With UFO I could make him continue to level up as I did with a corresponding increase in stats but I never really saw the point. Most of his primary skills were already at 100 or close to it and his health was in the 600s somewhere IIRC. He was pretty much unstoppable. I guess that's why he felt fighting the battle of Solitude in his skivvies was a viable option.

And yeah there's really not much hope of getting him to go around a potential threat to avoid a fight, lol. As a follower we traveled a lot on horseback and there were quite a few potential confrontations that I would just gallop past, normally I could've gotten away without being bothered. But then I'd hear The Voice somewhere behind me yelling "You call that a fight?!?" and have to go back because he would stop and get off his horse on his own account and start fighting whatever it was. And I still haven't stopped laughing about him wading all the way across a river to kill a mudcrab on the other side that was just sitting there minding its own business.

I like Ralof more and more for each time I go through Helgen.

That is the part that hooks me on Ralof. That opening scene of the game where is talking to you. He comes across as this really cool guy. He is personable and down-to-nirn.

I love that opening sequence. Can't believe people mod it out.

The line that really endears me to Ralof is "I don't think Galmar even knows my name." My Stormcloak will make sure that Galmar knows his name.

Ditto from me on Ralof. He's just so lovable. And I hate that he doesn't get a better post-war life. For a guy that was part of Ulfric's personal guard and escaped Helgen, you'd think he'd be more memorable. svcks that it seems like the Dragonborn's emergence kind of overshadows all of that.

[Vivien]

I guess he does level up with the character, I know when I took him as a follower near the end of the CW questline and checked his stats he was already at 50. He couldn't have been that when I first encountered him. With UFO I could make him continue to level up as I did with a corresponding increase in stats but I never really saw the point. Most of his primary skills were already at 100 or close to it and his health was in the 600s somewhere IIRC. He was pretty much unstoppable. I guess that's why he felt fighting the battle of Solitude in his skivvies was a viable option.

I was thinking - followers didn't level with the player until after 1.6, so I suspect the same went for other NPC's as well. But if Ulfric is replaced with another version of Ulfric during the speech before battle, that would cause him to level, wouldn't it? The same way Aela and Farkas level when they turn to werewolves during the Companions questline, or the way the Wabbajack works when it turns a follower to an animal and then back again. During that Ivarstead incident my character was around level 18-20 and had no problem taking down a guard, while Ulfric was knocked down after just a couple of hits. And I think my level was in the mid-30's after Solitude, so if he hadn't levelled, he would have seemed even weaker. Which he didn't.

And yeah there's really not much hope of getting him to go around a potential threat to avoid a fight, lol. As a follower we traveled a lot on horseback and there were quite a few potential confrontations that I would just gallop past, normally I could've gotten away without being bothered. But then I'd hear The Voice somewhere behind me yelling "You call that a fight?!?" and have to go back because he would stop and get off his horse on his own account and start fighting whatever it was. And I still haven't stopped laughing about him wading all the way across a river to kill a mudcrab on the other side that was just sitting there minding its own business.

It took me a lot of fus-ro-dah's to get him away from the immortal Legate at the Pale Imp Camp
And the mudcrabs... Was this just upstream from Anga's Mill? He waded over the river there, http://m1073.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/Auroratiger/Skyrim/Ulfricthemudcrabs.jpg.html?o=10and then continued to walk on that side, despite the main road being on the other side. Either he really, really hates mudcrabs, or his AI told him this was the shorter route.

[Janeth Valenzuela Castelo]

I was thinking - followers didn't level with the player until after 1.6, so I suspect the same went for other NPC's as well. But if Ulfric is replaced with another version of Ulfric during the speech before battle, that would cause him to level, wouldn't it?

That's a good theory, altho Ulfric isn't a follower in the vanilla game. I don't know if other (or even just certain) NPCs always leveled up before the latest patches or not... but I'm guessing no. But yeah there is an "alias" Ulfric that gives the speech. I think there may also be a separate Ulfric for the opening of the game, otherwise if he never leveled it seems like he'd be stuck at level 1 for a long, long time... maybe forever if you played the Legion side and that CW alias never appeared. I do know that in the CK if you search for "ulfric" under Actors you find three of them listed.

And the mudcrabs... Was this just upstream from Anga's Mill? He waded over the river there, http://m1073.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/Auroratiger/Skyrim/Ulfricthemudcrabs.jpg.html?o=10and then continued to walk on that side, despite the main road being on the other side. Either he really, really hates mudcrabs, or his AI told him this was the shorter route.

Yes, but in my case he waded over, killed the mudcrab, and then waded BACK and walked down the main road past the mill and crossed over again on the bridge. He didn't even turn the mudcrab extermination into an alternate route home, which was what I thought he was doing when he waded over there. He just really, really wanted to teach that mudcrab not to cross him.

[Keeley Stevens]

He just really, really wanted to teach that mudcrab not to cross him.

It was an Imperial collaborator...