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=Paarthunax= Paarthurnax Ambition-Overlord-Cruelty The Old One

Paarthurnax is the second born of the Dov, the first being Alduin, he fought as Alduin’s lieutenant during the Dragon War. During the war he started to sympathy towards man. Paarthurnax claims that it was his brothers (Alduin’s) false claim to godhood was the reason that he sided with men, though Nordic legend claims that it was Kynareth that intervened and commanded Paarthurnax to switch sides. Whichever of these is true thought is unknown. Paarthurnax tough men the power of the Thu'um which tipped the scales of the War and allowed Hakon One-Eye, Felldir the Old and Gormlaith Golden Hilt to defeat Alduin.

After the Dragon War Paarthurnax retired to The Throat of the World so that his natural nature would not rise again. After Jurgen Windcaller started the Way of the Voice, Paarthurnax started to meditate on it himself becoming the Grandmaster of the order that would eventually be known as the Greybeards. Despite being the Grandmaster he would very rarely speak to the rest of the order.

After Numinex was captured inside of Dragonsreach in 1E 420 Paarthurnax would come to visit him, why he did this is unknown but I believe that this was done to counsel and to reassure Numinex. Paarthurnax claims that Numinex eventually forgot his own name, the greatest embarrassment a Dragon can have.

The Blades, an ancient sect of Dragon hunters, kept tabs of all surviving Dragons and the what was left of the blade during the Fourth Era pleaded to the Dragonborn to kill Paarthurnax.

Paarthurnax name translates into Ambition-Overlord-Cruelty clearly showing his original nature when he served Alduin, but Paarthurnax has tried hard to move beyond his true nature and the only part of his name that remains true is Ambition. The Ambition to overcome his nature and to teach all Dragons the Way of the Voice.

"Yes and no. Viik nuz ni kron. Alduin was not truly defeated, either. If he was, you would not be here today, seeking to... defeat him." (Viik nuz ni kron = "defeat but not victory")

This quote explaining how the Nord warriors did not kill Alduin but rather just defeated him in battle, the second part of the quote is Paarthurnax foreshadowing that Alduin can not truly be stopped only delayed.

"Happy? No, I am not happy. Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu. Alduin was once the crown of our father Akatosh's creation." (Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu = "My brother was once the crown of our father")

This quote explains that Paarthurnax is not happy that Alduin is dead showing the bound Dragons share. Though it also implies either that Akatosh made Alduin in his own image and to be act as he would (this would explain why so many think they are the same being) or that Akatosh used Alduin as a symbol of power, just like how a Kings wears a crown, this could have been done to cement his place as the Cheif of the Divines.

"Dov wahlaan fah rel. We were made to dominate. The will to power is in our blood. You feel it in yourself, do you not?" (Dov wahlaan fah rel = "dragons were created for domination")

He explains the simple nature of Dragons, this further show how much willpower is being used to overcome this nature. He says that the Dragonborn also feels this, this could explain why Miraak didn’t help the nord heroes but rather started his own rebellion even though helping them could have quickly ended the war.