Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11276487-20130707014956/@comment-10207438-20130708010325

Assassin'sArt wrote: Lots of people survived helgen. Rolaf, Hadvar, General Tulius, his legate, probably more npcs. yes, but they were able to untie themselves, the dragonborn couldn't even do that. plus after a while Alduin realizes you're the dragonborn he's after, so if the dragonborn takes too long he starts targetting solely you.