Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6702118-20140722142914/@comment-24999978-20140803215722

101.164.107.138 wrote: Zyzero wrote: I still wonder about the whole thing... If Alduin was Akatosh's firstborn, why did Akatosh give the Dovahkiin the dragon blood in the first place?

I imagine it was something like:

"Hello random mortal, I am a god, and I will give you dragon blood so you can kill my firstborn son, because... Well, let's just say he was an accident." That could happen As previously stated by others, though, Alduin and Akatosh are not really biologically related, though still related in other forms such as their souls. Alduin's purpose is to devour Nirn, while Akatosh prefers to safeguard his hold on linear time and rather likes Creation (unlike Auri-El, who would prefer to be 'unbound'), which is why there is a Dragonborn to oppose the World Eater.