Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130830024027/@comment-202.156.8.9-20131201122757

If there was no such thing as essential, I will go into sky haven temple with my exploit character and ultimate overkill everything inside with repeated firestorms until all is dust - Paarthurnax is way better than the blades as he's one of the three good dragons...

In fact, I'd support the Thalmor in their attempts to kill all the blades (I don't support them otherwise).

The blades are history, friendly dragons that help you are the paths of the future - I doubt a couple of blades are better than a dragon army against an AD invasion.