Once you've expressly declared your allegiance though, you'll fail the quest for the side that you chose to oppose. The soldier will suggest that you join their cause, and this will populate that quest in your journal. Afterwards, you're still free to join whichever side (or none) in the war you please.Ī quest to join the opposing side can usually be picked up by simply encountering one of their soldiers in a city or camp that they control.
This will add a quest to your journal, but still does not constitute a binding of your character to that faction. The NPC you follow out of Helgen, or one of their family members, will invite you to join their cause. The two paths essentially merge in Riverwood, when family members of either side will suggest that you take news of Helgen to Jarl Balgruuf the Greater in Whiterun. It's also worth making mention here that your choice of who to follow early in the game ( Ralof or Hadvar), when escaping Helgen, does not determine which of the above groups you are joining. The Imperial Legion, based in Solitude.The only mutually-exclusive factions in the base game are those that represent the two sides in Skyrim's civil war. Most of the details below are available on UESPWiki under the entry Skyrim:Factions or in pages linked therein.
