Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6702118-20140722142914/@comment-36.81.55.2-20150401194709

Well... Alduin as the World-Eater is fated to end the time. He has the power to do it, but if he try something else than devour the world (in this case, to rule over mortals), it's out of his role and not his speciality, he has no power over it. It's just his arrogance and his ego that made he think he can do anything.

When we talk about gods, aedra, dragons, daedra, etc it's obivious that their power can't be compared as their power is meningless if they stray out of their path (or their roles, destiny, or whatever you may call). And if Alduin and Dagon is fighting each other, I doubt there will be a winner as they aren't meant to fight each other just to claim their superiority towards each other.

When they're 'needed' to fulfill their destiny, they will succed because that is their role and their unique power. They're not mortals and mortal's concept of superiority didn't work for them. That's what I think.