#bolgeir

[elder-dragon-reposes]

@nerevar-quote-and-star

[nientedenada]

Bolgeir Bearclaw for the meme!

First impression: He's named after a pastry!

Impression now: Probably the one person in Elisif's orbit she can fully trust to put her interests first.

Favorite moment: Bolgeir: "No disrespect toward the general, but sometimes I wonder if he's got your best interests at heart. In any case he won't be turnin' me into no Imperial soldier. I know my place, and it's at your side." Elisif: "It comforts me to know that, Bolgeir."

Idea for a story - Elisif/bodyguard ship would be cute. She learns to love again.

Unpopular opinion - I don't think there are any popular opinions about Bolgeir for me to contradict. He's mostly ignored.

Favorite relationship - His loyalty to Elisif

Favorite headcanon - He says ""The Jarl has advised me not to talk about which court attendants I'd like to punch in the face. More's the pity." So I like to imagine some day he does get to punch Erikur in the face

[oxalisvtesblog]

For some reason Bolgeir does not seem to sleep in the bed he's the owner of. Instead he picks a bed on the ground floor. But his own bed is in the little room right before Elisif's chamber. This makes more sense since he's basically her bodyguard.

I like looking at the private rooms and possessions of NPCs since there are often clues to their characters.

There is a rather incriminating book on his desk:

Is everyone in that entire court compromised?

While Erikur is spreading gossip about how Elisif is a weak ruler and General Tullius is the one who is really in charge, Bolgeir is attempting to make Elisif herself doubt Tullius. Luckily she's not letting it affect her.

Bolgeir: "We lost another five guardsmen, my Jarl. If General Tullius continues to conscript our men and send them off to battle, we'll have none left to protect the city."

Elisif: "Yes, I know. The general acted with my blessing. It is vital that we bring Ulfric to justice, but that cannot happen until his army of Stormcloaks is defeated utterly."

Bolgeir: "Told you that, did he? I'm sworn to protect you, my Jarl, but I'm the last line of defense. The first line is the walls around this city and the men who patrol them. Men who, I might add, we're precious short on."

Elisif: "I'm aware of that, Bolgeir, and I appreciate your dedication. However, if we lose the war, the guardsmen of Solitude will make little difference in the end."

Bolgeir: "No disrespect toward the general, but sometimes I wonder if he's got your best interests at heart. In any case he won't be turnin' me into no Imperial soldier. I know my place, and it's at your side."

Elisif: "It comforts me to know that, Bolgeir."

[omegatheimmortaldragonborn]

So, I'm waiting around for Bolgeir to go to bed so I can start raiding the blue Palace right (sybille is handled in the day bahahah).

So, i follow him to make sure he is going to his room, I heard another door open and go check on the vampire. Nope, door shut.

Tell me why Falk Is leaving???

And of course curiosity got the better of me and so i followed him. At first I thought he was gonna get a midnight snack. NO.

He was leaving the Palace.

So I kept following.

I squealed like a little bitch when I saw him go to Brylings house. Sybille was right oh my god.

It gets better!!!! There's dialogue between them!!!! WAAAAA!!!

I have that in a different clip tho I wasn't sure if i should follow him inside or not lmfao

[kayforpay]

what lead to bolgeir having an offhand conversation with elisif where even after she brushes off his concerns about the city's safety and her unwavering full support of the empire and ending it with, "they'll never make me no imperial soldier. I know my place. and it's by your side."

like who decided to make these background characters in skyrim have that much energy and chemistry. who did that I want to kiss them on the mouth

[argisthebulwark]

recently been replaying Todd's Game and realized that Bolgeir Bearclaw (elisif's housecarl) kinda looks like brynjolf if he was a guard lmao

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

Skyrim favourites Dreamcast: Bolgeir Bearclaw <-->Ben Willbond

"The Jarl has advised me not to talk about which court attendants I'd like to punch in the face. More's the pity."

He basically reminds me of Adam Kenyon from The Thick Of It, if Ben Willbond would've played Adam dressed as this Viking from Horrible Histories

[morelikesin]

Day 25 - Gossip

Taarie smoothed the fabric out with her hand, looking at Natalie from the reflection of the mirror and studying her complexion. "Now, this is an autumn yellow. It looks-"

"Not as good as the summer yellow," Endarie scoffed. "It doesn't harm you, but it certainly doesn't benefit either."

"She's right. You can pull this off - if you're satisfied with not achieving your best."

Before Natalie could acknowledge the consensus, Endarie rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue in annoyance, her attention concerned with other matters, "Like that homely Evette San. She's to be attending a meet with Jarl Elise, and for someone who makes a Solitude-defining wine, she seems quite happy to present herself in the Blue Palace in autumn green."

"She never took our advice?" Taarie questioned as she removed the collection of yellows and replaced them with a set of blues. Based on how the others were laid out, the first fabric in the set was assumed to be the summer variant. Endarie raised a brow as she examined how the shade appeared on Natalie.

"No, she didn't. Suppose she thinks it doesn't matter." Endarie tapped the fabric as it lay on her client's chest, "You certainly look better in brighter shades. It adds to your natural glow."

Natalie merely nodded, observing just how much of a difference each shade made to her countenance. She knew there was some sort of truth to these analyses, but to see it on herself was a different view entirely.

Taarie turned over the summer blue fabric to compare the winter shade, a deeper blue. "With Evette's lack of sense, I doubt she could be pinned as Bolgeir's new mystery outlet for affection. He strikes me as a debonair man."

"Winter shades are much too dark for you," Endarie declared, quickly flipping the fabric to move onto the spring blue. "They drown everything on your face out. Perhaps Bolgeir prefers those that complement spring - something Evette certainly does not."

"Unlike you, Natalie. This blue is quite good on you, even if it is a yellow shade."

"It's much too bright," Endarie needled.

Taarie shrugged, flipping the fabric once more to see the autumn blue. "I think it suits her well, sister."

Elliott leaned closer to Blóð, keeping his voice hushed as the shop was small enough as it was, "Fancy clothes and all the juicy city gossip, ay? This would be perfect, if not for all the…y'know, backhandedness."

Blóð cracked a smile, whispering back to him as their attention remained allured by the exquisitely intricate jewelry out on display, polished gold and variously cut gems properly enticing. "I've learned to push their sourness to the back of my mind."

[electronicdelusionstarlight]

Boethia’s Bidding

Many people remember Mephala’s cut quest from Skyrim, about Baalgruf’s kids being corrupted by the Daedric Prince’s whispers and slaying their own father. It leads to a general worsening for the hold since Baalgruf’s brother is a far worse Jarl than him, even if he does instantly join the Imperials as soon as he gains power, and ends with you betraying one of the few Jarls who trusted in you from the very start in a far worse way than you would be able to do in Vanilla by siding with the Stormcloaks.

Everyone knows about that cut quest.

But how many people even ever heard about Boethia’s Bidding till this post came along?

Boethia’s Bidding is a cut continuation quest for the vanilla Boethia’s quest, Boethia’s Calling. After slaying her former champion and gaining the Ebony Mail, the prince will appear to you and ask you one final show of power and loyalty to them.

You will need to go to Solitude, and slay Jarl Elisif as she’s wrecked by Paranoia and fear at the plots happening all around her.

It’s a very stealth/speech oriented quest. Boethia’s machinations have left Elisif a nervous wreck, locked up in her room and armed in fear of potential assassin, unwilling to see anyone, the security in the palace tripled.

You will either sneak inside (in which case if they find you in a “forbidden” zone the guards will turn hostile) or you can talk your way inside to the steward, and convince to let you talk to her as her friend/thane, or even become her personal bodyguard, all the while being escorted by at least ONE guard.

It seems like an interesting, stealth/assassin oriented quest honestly, but I’m not here to talk about this.

So, you get inside Elisif Room, posing as her bodyguard, and she tells you this.

Image Description: Elisif Direct Quote from the cut quest: "I'm glad they finally believed me. About the assassin I mean. It's been so hard since my Torygg passed. No one takes me seriously. So how's this work exactly? Do you just kind of stand there on the look out? That's what Bolgeir does. Well, he sort of looms more than stands. Bolgeir's loyal, but even he doesn't do what I ask. Case in point, this whole assassin thing. Well at least I have you now. Look at me ramble... Well, I guess I'll go about my business sulking in here. You can stand over there in the corner watching for assassins."

No one fucking takes Elisif seriously. Ever. The steward will berate her suspicions when you ask him about assassins, and everyone will simply go “grief must have make her go mad, poor girl.”

Everyone underestimates her and shit, and you MIGHT think this quest is trying to remedy on that, especially since her worries are funded, instead it seems the only way you can end this quest is by killing Elisif.

After you do it, Boethia will appear and congratulate you for your doing, and... seemingly give you nothing but their respect. Erikur (The thieves guild plant) will become the new Jarl of Solitude, hence him having Jarl dialogues and the Jarl title in game (I always assumed he was supposed to be the Stormcloak Jarl, but this makes it even worse somehow).

The quest is unfinished so we don’t know what would Elisif’s death bring to the also unfinished Civil War questline.

We have to keep in mind a couple things tho, such as Boethia’s shrine being very close to Winshelm, and Stormcloak Alligned guards and soldiers commenting on how their cause seem to have been favoured by “Daedric Nobility” itself... when they are not calling Elisif a bitch rotting in oblivion that is.

Since we know for a fact from Elder Scrolls Legends lore that Boethia was directly supporting the Thalmor War Effort, it’s not difficult to say who actually asked the prince for Elisif’s death, or why would they decide to support the Stormcloaks in such a way. Erikur, the new Jarl who has close commercial ties with both the Dominion, the Empire, the Thieves Guild AND the Stormcloaks, is ALSO heavily implied to have had an hand in the assassination, without however tying it to the Dark Brotherhood for some reason.

We can also be glad they didn’t decide to add this quest to the game either. Elisif is already an INCREDIBLY wasted character in Vanilla, to waste and ruin her even more by simply fridging her out of nowhere and with no reward, only to then have her be cursed by her enemies as the man who plotted her murder seats on her throne all smug about it.

There is also another thing we need to keep in mind however, and that’s for the possibility that this, again, unfinished quest is missing other possible options. Boethia tells you a very specific line when you finish this quest after all:

Image Decription: “Remember always this: You need answer to no authority, neither mortal, nor divine... As you will it, so it shall be.”

The divine part is particularly important. Boethia is demanding for you to do their bidding (title drop), yet at the same time they claim everything should be done by your own free will. Maybe there IS a way to finish the quest without killing Elisif, to spite the Deadric prince by your own free will and not kill her.

Erikur is involved, so say there actually IS an assassin in the Blue Palace among the many, seemingly useless thanes and housecarls in Elisif court, among all her servants or guards? Maybe you have to beat them to the time to kill Elisif, or in turn you can also save her from them. You save Elisif, expose Erikur who is put in Jail/executed, his sister becomes the new Thieves Guild Plant for their missions, and Elisif now either trusts you alot and is willing to follow your advice and shit, or better yet has finally understood that she needs to be her own woman and shit, meaning that if this happens before season unending in season unending she will be far more assertive and will be far more proactive alongside Tullius, but in case of Stormcloak victories she will also die (In which case Erikur gets in power) as she attempts to assassinate Ulfric and probably dies in the process. (which you can stop or not, in which case the rebellion is in shambles even if Skyrim is indipendent now, and everything sucks even more than it would under Ulfric since the next in line for the throne is Galmar).

Either way after you find the second assassin and actually save Elisif (Maybe have hearts and apples involved for some nice Snow White symbolism? Important for later), either gaining her trust or making her a shrewder ruler as a result, maybe even both, Boethia will appear to you when you are finally alone.

They will congratulate you to have “outplotted” the lord of plots, much like Hircine congratulates you for hunting the hunters during his own quest, and for having followed your own free will, especially after having literally murdered a guy who had started doing the exact same thing (following his free will rather than Boethia’s orders), which would make you either incredibly stupid or incredibly far sighted, since now Elisif is on the path to become a ruler following the spirit of Boethia’s teaching, if indirectly, and you will be her trusted advisor, the only one who believed her when she realized there was a traitor in their midst, giving you (and Boethia as her champion) much power in turn.

Of course, this is me giving Todd way too much credit. The quest was probably as set up as it was in the scripts to the letter because Bethesda can’t stand the thought of a Girlboss winning, it was just never implemented, and all this new way to end it was never intended to exist, but you know, it’d be really nice if we did something with Elisif outside of the way she’s already treated in canon.

It’d be cliche in a way, and it’d be not as well written as I wished it was, but it would still be SOMETHING MORE than the way she’s treated in canon.

You know... Elisif the Fair... becoming Elisif the Girlboss. Under Boethia’s blessing. And with the Dragonborn kneeling at her side as her vizier and enforcer.

A Wicked Hunter befitting of the Fairest Queen of them all.

Wouldn’t that be rad?

[jiubilant]

11, 14

11. drastic 14. overgrown

“I don’t know,” says Elisif the Fair, High Queen of Skyrim. “It seems a bit...drastic.”

She’s walking with the General through a garden in stubborn, shivering bloom, the pride of the Palace grounds. Frost rimes the flowers. Ice chokes their stems. Yet the path is overgrown with a red froth of roses, hardy blooms that spill into the snow like wine on a white tablecloth. 

General Tullius treads on one. “I’m anxious to know what you mean.” 

“Well,” says the Queen, “the war is over, and the World-Eater has been vanquished. Nothing with wings has threatened us in months. So I see no need for crossbows of...draconic dimensions to be installed on the walls of my city.” She frowns, lovely and petulant as a doll. “They’ll be a terrible eyesore.”

The General, with practiced patience, says, “They’ll kill dragons.”

“So will the Dragonborn, if I ask her to,” says the Queen, “and she is not unsightly. Nor does she loom ominously over my people in peacetime.” With a small and secret smile, she plucks a rose from its stem. “I have little fear of dragons without, General—it’s dragons within that trouble me these days. But I suppose you may have your crossbows, if you deem them prudent.”

“Thank you,” says the General. He’s only half-listening. He’d ordered the construction to begin already, of course—the guards manning the walls of Solitude know their true commander. Those who don’t will come to understand in time. 

How fortunate for the Empire, he thinks, that Elisif the Fair is not Elisif the Clever. 

He takes his leave soon after, flushed with the cold and his small victory. Elisif the Fair watches him go.

“He thinks they’re his walls already,” she says, her voice rich and amused. “Bolgeir, are you there?” 

Her housecarl steps out from a bend in the garden path. “Always, my Queen.”

“I do dislike a dragon who can’t take a hint,” says the Queen, “but I’ve nothing against crossbows.” She presses the rose to her lips. Her smile, Bolgeir thinks with pride, is a smile of thorns. “Point one at his garrison. He’s bound to understand that.”

(And he does.)

[send me a number, and i’ll write a microfic using the word or phrase!]

[cursedmenagerie]

　　　The first time Elisif laughs after Torygg’s death is during the celebration of the civil war’s end. All of Solitude have flooded the streets to revel in the Legion’s victory over the Stormcloaks. Almost three years’ worth of tension and suffering can finally be shed, and the young Jarl can’t help joining them in the dizzying euphoria.

　　　"Dance with me!” Aesatel calls out, waltzing up from the crowd gathered outside Castle Dour. Solitude’s most recent Thane has recovered quickly from the injuries she sustained during the siege of Windhelm (doubtless thanks to her magical training). Who would Elisif be if she were to deny the request of this brave elf?

　　　They twirl arm-in-arm around the plaza singing along with one of Pantea’s melodies and the sound just... Bubbles out of her. She hasn’t felt this lighthearted in so long. It’s almost enough to make tears spring to her eyes, but she blinks them away in time before anyone can see. 

　　　Somewhere along the way they manage to rope Falk and Bryling and a handful of others into their jig. Even Rikke falls into step. Aesatel tries adamantly to persuade General Tullius but alas, he politely declines. No matter. They make sure to dance for an extra round in his stead.

 　　　Night falls by the time Elisif grows weary. At Aesatel’s suggestion she and her Thane retreat onto the keep’s ramparts to escape the din below. This high up a brisk sea breeze rolls over them and Elisif leans into its chilly embrace, gazing northward at the Sea of Ghosts. 

　　　"I wanted to ask you about the battle.” She has to raise her voice quite a bit to be heard over the whistle of the wind and the laughter echoing from the festivities. “The General tells me you were the one to strike Ulfric down.”

　　　A pause precedes Aesatel’s flat reply. “I was. Please don’t thank me for it. I took no pleasure in the act.”

　　　"This might surprise you but I wouldn’t have.” 

　　　This draws out another pause between them. Elisif can feel the elf’s gaze when it turns on her. “I’ll admit, it does. Some part of me imagined the death of your husband’s murderer would have offered you some relief.”

　　　Another laugh, softer and mirthless, leaves her lips. “If it had come at the beginning of the war it may well have. But one death does not reverse another. Torygg is still gone. I realized that I shouldn't cling to that grief not long after Valkyr was born.” She spares a glance down towards the Temple grounds where Una has the young babe on her lap, holding up a honey treat for him to mouth at. “More importantly, I don't believe Torygg would have resented Ulfric for his actions. He had a way of approaching every situation with a level head that astounded me. You could have told him straight to his face that you were personally responsible for killing his mother and he wouldn't bat an eye. He could find a diplomatic solution for any situation, save one. I can only hope to be half the leader my husband was."

　　　"I wish I could have had the honor to know him in life."

　　　She leans her weight against the stone railing. “He would have been just as proud to have you as a Thane as I am. Anyone would be.”

　　　"You become very complimentary when you’re in your cups.” Aesatel teases, and they share a smile. “You’ve asked me something, now I have something I want to ask you. It’s rather personal. I understand if you choose not to answer.”

　　　Elisif blinks up at her. “Oh? Ask away.”

　　　"Do you ever see yourself finding love again?”

　　　Never before has she sobered so quickly. Elisif can’t blame Aesatel for her curiosity. If the question had come from anyone outside of her court she might have refused to speak of the matter but she trusts her Thanes. “There is always hope. But I sincerely doubt that I will. Torygg and I... A love like we had? It feels... Felt, like the kind of love that comes once in a lifetime. We knew each other growing up. Time nurtured it. If Lady Mara sees fit to grant me a second chance I would take it happily, but I fear that it’s too much to ask even of Her.”

　　　"I should make you spend an evening with Erandur. He could change your mind about the depths of Mara’s benevolence.” It’s spoken in a joking tone but Aesatel reaches out to rest her hand against Elisif’s back. The weight of it is warm and comforting. “If anyone deserves a second chance at love it’s you, my Jarl.”

　　　"I...” She struggles to swallow for a moment, voice caught in her throat. “Thank you.” 

　　　They lapse once more into silence and eventually are drawn away by Aesatel’s desire to rejoin the celebration and be Elisif’s desire to return to the palace and rest. As she walks the city’s main avenue with Valkyr on her hip and Bolgeir only steps behind her she ponders on the future. If all goes as planned she’ll soon be High Queen. Her son will be nearly two years old. Skyrim will, with luck, once more be at peace. At least until the next eventual crisis. 

　　　It will always be a heavy burden to carry. The losses she’s suffered, the lives she’s responsible for. But for now she has what remains of her family. She has a loyal court to support her. And her heart is the lightest it has been in nearly three years. She hums a familiar lullaby to her son, pressing a kiss to his temple. And when he babbles nonsense Elisif laughs with him, so grateful to still have a piece of Torygg here with her.

[freewolftimetravel]

I worry about Elisif. Like, I’m concerned for her. She’s in such a vulnerable postition, it’d be so easy for someone to manipulate her (more than they already are). She seems like such a genuinely nice person, it really gets to me that she really doesn’t have anyone (besides her housecarl, Bolgeir) truly in her corner

I’m not a fan of the whole “demonizing female characters for the same behavior people swoon over male characters” thing that tends to happen around the TES scene

It’s not like, a giant issue but I tend to notice how passionate ppl get abt hating certain female characters for smaller flaws over like, men in TES who like, literally brutalize others and it’s strange

[argisthebulwark]

ok is it just me or is bolgeir bearclaw just the lawful version of brynjolf?

[oxalisvtesblog]

Success!

I call him Isulf and he protects the people he cares for! (I stabbed Falk a little just to see if it would work)

He likes Elisif and Falk most. Bolgeir is meh. Dislikes Erikur and Sybille the most.

Pet wolf for Elisif please?

[templardragonknight]

The Stormcloak Bible DEBUNKED PART 6 (Alduin’s Return was A Prediction, Not A Condition) and Bonus (Conversations in the Blue Palace)

In the sixth part of this “bible” (http://colonel-killa-bee.tumblr.com/post/152899906440/stormcloak-bible-part-6-alduins-return-was-a) the author talks about how Ulfric’s actions did not trigger Alduin’s return. Some people agree with him, others don’t. If you ask me I say it is more likely the Stormcloak Guy is right Ulfric did not actually trigger Alduin’s return, but at this point I honestly couldn’t care less because triggering or not, the masive ammount of nord souls going to Sovngarde as a result of this war, that Ulfric started, only made Alduin stronger, as Ulfric himself realizes and admits if Windhelm is captured by the Legion before the player travels to Sovngarde (” Skyrim was betrayed, the blood of her sons spilled in doomed struggle against fate.  And so in death, too late, I learn the truth - fed by war, so waxed the power of Alduin, World-Eater - wisdom now useless. By gods' jest in this grim mist together snared, Stormcloak and Imperial, we wander hopeless, waiting for succor.”)

Now, just to not make this post awkwardly short, I will talk about some of his points in “Conversations in the Blue Pallace” (http://colonel-killa-bee.tumblr.com/post/153270228020/conversations-in-the-blue-palace):

First we have the meme (the most obvious part). Well, Elisif was Torygg’s wife, and Torygg was the High King. The High King deals with problems about every of Skyrim’s aspects daily and as his wife (a wife that loved him and was loyal to him) she would liikely know a thing or two about Skyrim’s problems and how Torygg was dealing with them. “But she is too young and unexperienced” you say, well: 1- We have Ulfric to blame for her being the Jarl in the first place because Torygg would still be alive if it wasn’t for him; 2- Elisif constantly relies on the advices and opinions of her Thanes, Erikur and Bryling, to rule Haafingar. She may be unexperienced as a jarl, unlike Ulfric, but as it shows she is no fool, unlike Ulfric.

Conversation 1: Just what was he waiting for? One needs soldiers to fight on a war (and in this case a war that is only happening thanks to the Stormcloaks). And "For those that thought only Ulfric was struggling to protect his people because of this war" looks like a very childish argument as both sides are struggling to protect themselves and so it does not prove anything.

Conversation 2: It is funny how Colonel Killa Bee just conveniently assumes Bryling is right about Tullius, despite how Hadvar says that he has turned things around for the Empire. I smell bias here.

Without mentioning that he put na arrow in his own knee when he wrote this, because even with Tullius underestimating the Stormcloaks, they were barely able to fight legions made of locally recruited and unexperienced men... only for Ulfric to get captured on an ambushed orchestrated by a General who supposedly underestimates the Stormcloaks... and it is not like Galmar Stone-Fist claims that the Stormcloaks are getting massacred (For those that thought only Ulfric was struggling to protect his people because of this war on "Conversations")

Conversation 3: “This is useful for anyone thinking Tullius has any respect at all for Skyrim and their Jarls.” yeah right, Killa Bee, keep telling yourself that while Tullius reveals the complete opposite if Windhelm is captured by the legion (”Can't say I'll ever get used to the damn cold, or understand these Nords... but I've come to respect them. The harshness of Skyrim has a way of carving a man down to his true self.”) Indeed Tullius could be more respectful, but by the other hand Elisif can not simply expect her to be able to talk to him exactly when she needs since there is a f*cking war going on. Also I can see some hypocrisy here, as The Stormcloak Guy justified the attack on Whiterun thanks to it’s strategic position (it was literally the first think the guy told me), and f*ck the fact that Balgruuf did not allow the legion in the hold and how Talos worship was legal there, but condemns when General Tullius cancels an appointment with Jarl Elisif. Who needs coherence anyway?

And in the other dialogue he put himself into a dead end: Tullius refusing to make a parade in the middle of a war eighter means that Tullius disrespected Elisif by refusing her request OR that Elisf’s idea was a bad one since the war was still going on. And also: does he really expect anyone in Skyrim to be the encarnation of perfection? I wonder if he is so detailist when it comes to his “True High King” (sarcasm, of course he isn’t). And without mentioning that Elisif lost her husband a short time ago, thanks to Ulfric, so we can not expect her to always be able to think properly while General Tullius fights against the one who killed her husband. All of this mess is Ulfric’s fault, but no lets blame Elisif for having to pay for what Ulfric did!

Conversations 4-6: The legion would not need all this money to spend on the war effort if it wasn’t for Ulfric and his poorly tought actions (Alvor says that everything was fine until the Stormcloaks began agitating). Without mentioning that if the empire wins, Solitude will surely be able to safely trade and get profit again, but Elisif can not just order Tullius to stop fighting thanks to that.

Conversation 5 was another arrow on the author's own knee. This is the war that the rebels started and that Ulfric made worse after killing Torygg. Solitude's resources andf manpower are only being drained thanks to the war the Ulfric and his army started and Solitude is just trying to defend itself (remember that Hadvar reveals that Ulfric only really caught the Empire's attention when he killed Torygg, so Solitude was for the most part just fighting by itself).

About the last one: must I repeat what I talked about how those soldiers are dying only thanks to Ulfric’s rebellion? Also he once again shot himself when he showed Elisif saying “I’m aware of that, Bolgeir, and I appreciate your dedication. However, if we lose the war, the guardsmen of Solitude will make little difference in the end.”

It looks like The Stormcloak Guy keeps blaiming General Tullius for taking a great part of Solitude's men and resources for the war efforts while he does not give a crap about how Ulfric is doing the same thing on Windhelm to the point of the guards being barely able to investigate murders on the city. It is like "Oh this is done by who I support and like? He is right because it has to be done... of wait this is done by who I oppose and dislike? What morons! Only a heartless monster would do such a thing!", and lets not forget how Brunwulf reveals that “The war took a heavy toll on Windhelm's resources” if he becomes the Jarl of Windhelm. In other words, this Colonel Killa Bee’s post was pure hypocrisy.