Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27038858-20151003072000/@comment-28589830-20160126225335

High King Emeric wrote: Taking his life doesn't mean you permanently killed him?

Also, of course dragons don't have parents. What I meant is that Akatosh created the dragons. He is for that called father of the dragons, with Alduin as his first-born. dragons don't die permanently when you destroy their bodies, they only permanently die if their souls are absorbed by a dragonborn. the Dovahkiin didn't absorb Alduin's soul, meaning he can come back.