Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24.44.231.128-20131201005446/@comment-24439399-20140121214406

Alduin was resurrected probably at the Throat of the World. If he went southwest (which he had a 1 in 8 chance of doing) he would find Helgen. It was a matter of opprotunity. He probably knew the Dragonborn was at Helgen. It was by luck (and destiny) that the Dragonborn survived.