Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4649443-20140501083904

A lot of people theorize that Alduin can't eat the world until he defeats a Dragonborn. And since your character is the LAST Dragonborn, (s)he is Alduin's last chance to eat the world. However, you were able to kill him. And even if Arngeir and Paarthurnax are right and he DOES return, he can't eat the world anymore, because by the time he returns, the Dragonborn will probably already be dead, so.... 