Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24098614-20150903093108/@comment-82.2.153.134-20180124183840

2601:603:5080:43F0:F5B3:75DA:3583:8A4B wrote: Here’s how I see it. The Greybeards have been nothing but nice to you the whole game, done nothing but help you. Though sometimes reluctant, they always find it in themselves to aid the Dragonborn in his/her fight against Alduin. You might say that the Greybeards don’t want you to fight and instead just uses your Thu’um to worship, but this is only the thoughts of Arngeir. The leader of the Greybeards, Paarthurnax, helps you develop your Thu’um to fight the dragons. The Blades on the other hand, use the Dragonborn as their pawn to kill off all of the dragons. They talk of the Blades as if they’re some legendary dragonslayers, but they certainly don’t have the power that they claim. They’re full of themselves. Delphine especially. She thinks that helping her needs to be your first priority. And what really made me start hating her is that she showed up to the peace council uninvited. Just walking into the Greybeards sacred temple and acting as if they have a right to be there. If my character had a say in the matter, I would have told her to get out immediately. Esbern is not as bad as Delphine, he has a respectable personality. He can stay. Then later Delphine gives the Dragonborn an ultimatum to kill Paarthurnax. Who does she think she is? I say three words and she gets thrown across the room, she’s in no position to act powerful. As the Dragonborn, you are literally a Dovah in a mortal body. If they understood that, they would kill you (or at least try). They’ve forgotten their place. They serve the Dragonborn. Not the other way around.

I couldn't agree more. The greybeards have a crucial role in assisting the Dragonborn. They provide the locations of words of power and teach the dragonborn how to harness their gift. Yes, they may be anxious to let the dragonborn let loose their power upon the world, but they do not refuse to let the dragonborn speak to paarthurnax.

The blades took an oath which bound them to the dragonborn. Delphine, however, uses the dragonborn as a pawn to carry out her own will, and carry out her vengeance towards the greybeards. Her ultimatum proves that she is unworthy, and I believe that the dragonborn should be able to decline the quest 'Paarthurnax' due to the dishonour that Delphine brings to the blades. Esbern on the other hand does not treat the dragonborn in the same way. He says that paarthurnax must die, but he does not deliver an ultimatum in the same way that Delphine does.

I'm with the greybeards on this one.