User blog comment:Zelron/Helgen Hometown (Dragons bring down my property values!)/@comment-4057437-20121203225225

Since Helgen may have been a garrison town before Alduin attached, the Imperials or the Stormcloaks may want to use it for the same purpose, (depending on who won the Civil War). The Dragonborn could provide the soldiers for a fee, or sell them supplies.