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The Silverblood that comes to power is not in the Markath Mafia.
No seriously, he's not involved.
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The Silverblood that comes to power is the head of the Silverblood family and the one who deals with their political aspirations, while his brother Thonar is the one who manages the family's assets
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He's also more openly willing to go against it and fight corruption, as evidenced if manage to get the Forsworn conspiracy quest after the city is taken. (Instead of denying it and being a part of the conspiracy, he wants to end it post-haste)
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I wouldn't know, but in that case I concede Thonvor is a better than Maven Black-Briar, though I don't know if the difference between him and Igmund is greater than that between Maven and Laila
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The Jarl of Dawnstar's only overtly negative trait is his complete distaste for anything Imperial, even retired soldiers. Which is kind of completely justified seeing as he has seen his city get completely screwed over by the Empire
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While that is the only trait he exhibits during a brief visit, he is much worse. Several servants and citizens directly says he was a spoiled brat who never grew up, and another says that the inhabitants of Dawnstar go to Brina Merilis if they have any problems, even before she replacces him. If asked about how the town can handle dragons, Brina says it a dragon attack would be a complete catastrophe due to the wood, and that she is trying to get outside help to avoid deaths. Skald repsonse is that the dragons are Talos's revenge on the Empire, and tries to get more of his guards sent to join the Stormcloaks, since Ulfric's victory means the dragons disappear.
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Laila never says Ulfric will be a bad king, she just remarks that he may be doing this for his own ambition.
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I know. That part was mostly intended to show that Bethesda really tries to hammer home that Ulfric is using his cause for personal gain, ratehr than actually believing it (they've got a child saying that she thinks Ulfric is a bad man and wonder why the adults can't see it for gods sake)
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In Winterhold the man has seen his town burn not once, not twice, but several times due to the mages having zero sense of right and wrong, nor understanding basic safety measures.
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He holds them accountable for someething it's quite possible they didn't do and is a prime example of the prevalent Nord opinion that mages shouldn't exist at all.
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You mean apart from murdering civillian, torching farms, allowing foreign nationals in to the country to carry out an inquisition, religious oppression, cultural suppression, ignoring the law of the land, and branding anyone who fights the Thalmor an enemy of the state?
All of which only started after Ulfric's rebellion began, because the Empire couldn't keep denying that Thalmor worship was still prevlent in Skyrim.
That said your point about Thongvor has me wanting to actually complete a Stormcloak playtrough. I can understand where both sides come from, and most of my reluctance about the Stormcloak has been because of Brina Balgruuf and Legate Rikke*, and to a lesser extent Tullius and Brina Merilis. Helping a more competent ruler become Jarl would help having to lose them.
*You really need to try an Imperial playtrough just to experience Rikke's dialogue choices through out the entire quest-line. I don't think many Stormcloak players understand how much of a True Daughter of Skyrim she is.