Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24.44.231.128-20131201005446/@comment-190.191.108.57-20140122202458

Icarius Blacksword wrote: Alduin was resurrected probably at the Throat of the World. If he went southwest (which he had a 1 in 8 chance of doing) he would find Helgen. It was a matter of opprotunity. He probably knew the Dragonborn was at Helgen. It was by luck (and destiny) that the Dragonborn survived. Alduin was never killed, only sent to a different era using the Elder Scroll.

I think Alduin is badass, but his misplanning was also badass. He could have destroyed each city, one by one with the help of a few dragons, but instead always sent one poor bastard to be killed by the dragonborn and feed him with dragon souls. At least Mehrunes Dagon actually tried to destroy everything, but by the time he could open a lot of organized portals every city was already prepared to defend and the Amulet of Kings was in Martin's hands.