Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6702118-20140722142914/@comment-69.123.217.197-20150221032607

Alduin can't just eat the world on a whim; everything comes at its appointed time. When it is time for Alduin to eat the world, he cannot be stopped: the world will be eaten. However, he does not control when that will happen. The end of the Kalpa is the end of the Kalpa, not something that he determines as he feels like.