Why did alduin attack helgen? : V

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:10 am

why would alduin attack helgen and save the dragonborn from getting his head chopped off? did ullfric call it or something?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:47 am

My guess is because the "dragon born" was there. Alduin looks right at you while you're kneeling at the block.

The stuff about Ulfric is just misdirection.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:51 am

No reason other than the game revolves around the player.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:09 pm

I think it is a coinsident. Alduin is arrogant and probably wanted to make his first appearance big and what is better than a town used by the legion as a base and is full of soldiers? The Dragonborn jst happened to be there.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:23 am

Destiny.

Dragonborn must ultimately face Alduin, and it probably wouldn't look good for Alduin to crispy fry Dovie while he has his hands tied up and dressed in rags...keeping in mind that later in the story it turns out that things aren't rosy for Aldie in dragonland.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:41 am

but at the end

Spoiler

does alduin die? i talked to one of the greybeards and he said alduin was unique even among the dragons. And since u dont absorb his soul i dont think he was "really" destroyed

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:22 am

Dragons are all divine creatures, more than animals, but Alduin is more divine than the rest. He's an aspect of the Time God and a member of the Nordic pantheon. You can't kill him. He will still come back sometime later to devour the universe, just like he did the last hundred times.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:31 am

but at the end

Spoiler

does alduin die? i talked to one of the greybeards and he said alduin was unique even among the dragons. And since u dont absorb his soul i dont think he was "really" destroyed

We don't know. His physical form may have died, but his soul may have lived.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:05 am

He was hungry.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:39 pm

Alduin is eating the souls of the dead in Sovngard, and the civil war is sending many souls there to devour. He was rescuing Ulfric so the war wouldn't end.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:37 am

Alduin is eating the souls of the dead in Sovngard, and the civil war is sending many souls there to devour. He was rescuing Ulfric so the war wouldn't end.

hmm interesting

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:15 am

Because you can't really play the game as a headless stump.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:58 am

Alduin is eating the souls of the dead in Sovngard, and the civil war is sending many souls there to devour. He was rescuing Ulfric so the war wouldn't end.

I never thought of it like that.

:goodjob:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:37 am

Alduin was defeated last time at the Throat of the World and whats the closest town to the throat of the world?
Helgen

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:52 pm

Alduin was defeated last time at the Throat of the World and whats the closest town to the throat of the world?
Helgen

Nope. Ivarstead.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:54 am

Perhaps he was drawn to Helgen because the dragonborn was there? I doubt he KNEW that the dragonborn was there, but his natural curiousity and instincts would have drawn him to the dragonborn.
Plus, as someone mentioned, it was very close to the throat of the world, and a major imperial spot.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:49 am

Sorry, double post.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:03 am

Alduin is eating the souls of the dead in Sovngard, and the civil war is sending many souls there to devour. He was rescuing Ulfric so the war wouldn't end.

That doesn't make sense due to the fact that Alduin had just been sent forward in time when he appeared in Helgen. Alduin didn't enter Sovngarde until after he was beaten by the Dovahkiin at the The throat of the world during the MQ.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:59 am

Could be he was looking for Dragonborn - Ulfric used a shout on the King - perhaps he tracked Ulfric there and was really after him to stop the Mythical end from coming true. If he could somehow "feel" the presence of the Dragonborn, he may have assumed that feeling came from Ulfric, thus his fears come true. When actually he was "feeling" your presence not Ulfric's.

That's how I would've written it.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:48 am

Nope. Ivarstead.

It completely depends on which way he was going turns out it was Helgen.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:23 am

Alduin was jonesing for some of Vilod's special mead with juniper berries.
Nobody keeps Alduin from his juniper berry mead.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:37 am

Perhaps Alduin knew that the dragonborn was there through scent? Why else would he stared at the dragonborn just when he was going to get the chop? Maybe Alduin became possessive over his potential prey? He thought that it was him that deserves to kill the dragonborn and nobody else.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:18 am

Perhaps Alduin knew that the dragonborn was there through scent? Why else would he stared at the dragonborn just when he was going to get the chop? Maybe Alduin became possessive over his potential prey? He thought that it was him that deserves to kill the dragonborn and nobody else.

98% certain it was to keep the civil war going.

I think Alduin staring at the dragonborn was just a coincidence. I mean, the dragonborn was the closest person to him and directly in front of him, so the dragonborn was Alduin's first target.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:35 am

I guess because the writers decided the story is that way. :foodndrink:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:46 am

Dragons like challenging each other, and I bet Alduin would rise up to a new Dragonborn, though at that moment you don't know you're Dragonborn yet. I think Alduin was there to save you, so he and the Dragonborn can eventually settle things.