Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6702118-20140722142914/@comment-24438639-20141202015448

Likejason wrote: Caparzo77 wrote: but still if Alduin is more powerful than Mehrunes than how is it that he can be beaten by a mortal the Dragonborn technically is not mortal. (s)he is a (chick)dude who can absorb the souls of dragons and add them to their, technically becoming part Dragon. and Alduin is mortal when defeated, too. Dragonrend must be used to defeat Alduin on the throat of the world and in sovengarde, which forces a dragon to land and become mortal. also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the Dragonborn is part Dragon to begin with. Dragonborn is the body of a man, blessed with the soul of a dragon, ergo the Dragonborn is inmortal aslong as his body is unharmed. He can be killed in the since that the body is destroyed but as Alduin did to other dragons his form can be ressucitated and ressurected. ITs like the Dragon of Soul Cairn, he is completely inmortal yet you were able to destroy his physcial form displacing his soul, yet he ressurected mere minutes afterwards.

The Dragonborn is also able to absorb the souls of other dragons making him inffinitly more powerfull as he is the life essence of several ´´Gods´´.

Dragonrend basicly in its true sense is a shout that makes Dragons mortals, so they are weaker and unable to fly. So to defeat the dragonborn you would have to use this on him, making him physically weak enough for you to kill him and displace his soul. Since the dragonborn is stronger than most dragons.

Alduin betrayed his purpose and thats why he was weaker as when the 3 god kings of Morrowind used Evil power for good, as soon as someone came and began grabbing the same power but using it for evil they lost power as he gained it. Alduin lost power as he wanted to enslave that he should eat, so when the world Ends hes soul would recreate a body with enough power to eat the universe.