Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-109.92.245.62-20131121212935/@comment-26893431-20151210204402

73.31.167.162 wrote:

Blademaster Jauffre wrote:

Wrong, Alduins is there because of Ulfric. Ulfric has started the last part of the events of Alduins Wall, which caused him to return.

The only reason you were Dragonborn is because of Ulfric and the civil war. Since you are playing as an adult, clearly you were born before the civil war started, no? You had to have been a dragonborn *before* he started the civil war. That there was a civil war was simply telling you *when* Alduin would return. Prophecies generally don't hand out exact dates.

Nope, you were given the Dragonborn title later on, just like with Alessia. And without the civil war Alduin wouldn't have returned.