It really depends on how culturally influenced the individual Nord is . Say it was a Nord from Windhelm she probably wouldn ' t go out and plunder Nordic ruins , as apposed to a Nord farther SouthEast . You can look at it in the way that the Dragonborn follows the Way of the Voice . Let ' s be real , the Dragonborn definitely used the Voice to kill , even if he probably wasn ' t supposed to according to the Way of the voice . So when it comes to Nords killing Drougrs , it ' s probably not ethical , but who really cares . <| sep |> Piece of cake , <| sep |> Honestly , I thought public opinion was Greatsword Rapier already . Rapier is good , but the greatsword has so much more crowd killing potential . I generally find that the rapier is better if you ' re alone , the fast attack speed and interrupts allow you to easily and safely control a crowd with a little movement , pushing , and blocking , but you can ' t kill them as quickly . More survivability , less killing power . Greatsword is a bit trickier alone , but if you ' re fighting together , you ' re an absolute murder machine . You ' re going to be doing any serious fighting together anyway , like Kruber says , Stay together , take them in pairs !