*looks through file cabinet of forum debate responses* .... *flips through tabbed folders* .... *after much flipping, stops* Ah yes, here it is! *grabs folder titled 'The Lazy Dunmer/Mooching Dunmer/Mooching Non-Nord Argument'*
So, what exactly constitutes 'mooching'? Because if you mean simply that they're not actively supporting his war, then there are certainly more 'moochers' in Windhelm than just the Dunmer and Argonians.
You trying to tell me that Ulfric is just letting a bunch of squatters hang about in his city, in those Gray Quarter residences no less? That would be one of the quickest ways to go after them, really. All legal-like. Or as close to legal-like as we could hope to get in a place like Tamriel. Plus, I hardly think he'd sooner allow Nord squatters and homeless persons (Silda, I'm looking at you) than Dunmer ones. In other words, if the Dunmer aren't paying rent or otherwise earning their keep with the measly wages they get in the jobs they're allowed to have, I highly doubt we'd even see them in the Gray Quarter at this point. Methinks there would have been some eviction notices signed. Toss out the Dunmer, put in people like Silda the Unseen or one of his
own former men, Angrenor. He IS Jarl after all.
Bottom line is that there's nothing to indicate that they're not earning their keep there. Their presence in Windhelm predates the current conflict. You can choose to believe they inherited the fight and necessity to support it, but if that were truly the case, Windhelm itself wouldn't contain
Nords with conflicting views on rightful allegiance.