Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-110.168.240.168-20140424104245/@comment-620230-20160411211401

The Blades (particularly Esbern) claim that killing Paarthurnax is justice for what he did; so first Question: Whose standard of justice is being referred to; who gets to set the rules of this so-called “justice”?

Question 2: why do the Blades think that they have a right to carry out this “justice”; why think they have right to determine who gets to live or die?

Question 3: True justice spans time and space and I agree with that but the average human lives at 70 years whereas these alleged atrocities were allegedly committed ≳ 1,000 years ago; why do the Blades think that they have a right to judge an alleged cold case which is beyond the scope of the human lifetime and especially when, for all they know, the standard which The Blades are using to judge Paarthurnax was in not in effect when Paarthurnax allegedly committed the crimes in question?

Observation 1: the exact terms and/or wording of being Dragonborn (if I remember Delphine correctly) are “to defend Skyrim from the ‘dragon threat’”. There was no obligation and/or promise made that obligates the Dragonborn to kill ALL dragons in Skyrim necessarily (much less Paarthurnax in particular).

Observation 2: even assuming that the Blades have the “right”, there are still other things else to consider; Delphine admits that Paarthurnax betrayed Alduin when he got the chance  and she says that he must not be given the chance to do the same to them, implying that (after hearing both sides of the story from both The Blades and the Graybeards) despite the fact that Paarthurnax learn that what he was doing was wrong, he should’ve continued to help Alduin; thus implying that Paarthurnax is cursed if he does and cursed if he does not; also implying that there is no opportunity of redemption with Delphine’s/The Blades’ idea/standard of “justice”.

Observation 3: By the Blade’s implications of their standard of “justice”, all should be killed because have done wrong in the past.

Observation 4: According to the Grey Beards, no dragon in the great war had any choice to whether to go with or against Alduin, or just to have no part of it; that should be taken into great consideration.

Observation 5: If not for Paarthurnax, there would have been no rebellion against Alduin and thus, the blades would have never existed.

Observation 6: Paarthurnax is propably the best oppertunity to reform/free his kin and prevent another Alduin since the Dragonborn (even a Vampire Lord) will likely one day die.

Observation 7: Even assuming that Paarthurnax is subject to the humans’ justice, he would still have a right to a fair trial, affair opportunity to speak his side of the story, to be heard, and whether found guilty, innocent or the trial is voided, he deserves a fair judgement; the Blades do not want him to have any of that that.

My Conclusion: (most likely) The Blades do not want Paarthurnax punished for doing wrong or to be killed for “being a bad enough threat”; they want him killed/punished because they HATE him. But what will happen if the next person they choose to hate is innocent? If Paarthurnax is found guilty/killed, then it is qualificatively no different than the Inquisitions, Witch Hunts, etc. and having no justice system at all. Well, that’s what I have concluded.



Based upon right and wrong, reason, and the evidence, I would not kill him.



